St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
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Coach: | Eric Simons |
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Owner: | Mohammad Ansari UD Nayak |
Founded: | 2015 |
Home ground: | Warner Park, Basseterre |
Capacity: | 10,000 |
Official website: | http://www.sknpatriots.com |
The St Kitts and Nevis Patriots aka SKN Patriots are a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) franchise based in Saint Kitts and Nevis, and participated in the competition for the first time in 2015. The team will play its home games at Warner Park, Basseterre, located on Saint Kitts, and, like the league's other franchises, draw the majority of its players from West Indian domestic teams.
The league's first expansion team, the new franchise was announced on 27 January 2015, supported by the Saint Kitts and Nevis government, as well as the local business community.[1] During the 2014 CPL tournament, Warner Park hosted nine matches, played over 10 days in August and accompanied by several carnivals and other entertainments. The venue hosted the final six group-stage matches, and then the finals series, comprising two semi-finals and the final between the Barbados Tridents and the Guyana Amazon Warriors.[2]
The Saint Kitts and Nevis franchise effectively replaces the Antigua Hawksbills franchise (based in Antigua and Barbuda), although it is intended that the Hawksbills franchise will be revived at a later date, with the CPL consequently featuring seven teams rather than six.[3] The Hawksbills were primarily removed from the competition in order to make scheduling easier, though their poor results and lack of a private owner also contributing to their removal.[4] Saint Kitts and Nevis nominated four previous Hawksbills players – Justin Athanaze, Carlos Brathwaite, Orlando Peters, and Devon Thomas – as their "retained players" prior to the 2015 CPL Draft.[5] South African Eric Simons, formerly senior coach of the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL) was confirmed as the franchise's inaugural coach in early February 2015.[6]
Squad
The Patriots' inaugural 15-man squad was assembled at the 2015 CPL Draft. Pakistani Shahid Afridi was the franchise's top pick. The four retained players for 2015 (nominated by the franchise prior to the draft) are marked with an asterisk:[7]
Players with international caps are listed in bold.
2016 Patriots Squad
No. | Name[8] | Nat | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batsmen | ||||||
Sharmarh Brooks | 10 October 1988 | Right | Right-arm Legbreak | |||
13 | Faf du Plessis | 13 July 1984 | Right | Right-armleg-break | International franchise player | |
Nikhil Dutta | 13 October 1994 | Right | Right-arm off-break | International franchise player | ||
11 | Brad Hodge | 29 December 1974 | Right | Right-arm off-break | International franchise player | |
17 | Evin Lewis | 27 December 1991 | Left | n/a | ||
Kieran Powell | 6 March 1990 | Left | Right-arm medium | |||
54 | Lendl Simmons | 25 January 1985 | Right | Right-arm medium | ||
Wicket-Keepers | ||||||
Devon Thomas | 12 November 1989 | Right | Wicket-keeper | |||
| All-Rounders | ||||||
78 | Jonathan Carter | 16 November 1987 | Left | Right-arm medium-fast | ||
Jeremiah Louis | 12 March 1996 | Right | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
1 | Thisara Perera | 3 April 1989 | Left | Right-arm medium-fast | International franchise player | |
21 | JJ Smuts | 21 September 1988 | Right | Right-arm off-break | International franchise player | |
Fast-bowlers | ||||||
36 | Tino Best | 26 August 1981 | Right | Right-arm Fast | ||
8 | Alzarri Joseph | 20 November 1996 | Right | Right-arm Fast | ||
33 | Krishmar Santokie | 20 December 1984 | Left | Left-arm medium-fast | ||
Spinners | ||||||
77 | Samuel Badree | 8 March 1981 | Right | Right-arm Legbreak | ||
90 | Tabraiz Shamsi | 18 February 1990 | Right | Left-arm chinaman |
Franchise & Support Staff
- Team Owners: Mohammed Ansari, Uday Nayak and Nirvan Veerasamy
- Chief Operating Officer: Richard Berridge
- Head Coach: Eric Simons
- Assistant Coach: Floyd Reifer
- Physiotherapist: CJ Clark
- Trainer & Masseur: Virgil Browne
See also
References
- ↑ "St Kitts and Nevis join CPL with new Franchise team" – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ (12 March 2014). "Warner Park in St Kitts to host CPL finals" – Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ (2 February 2015). "New franchise to replace Hawksbills in CPL 2015" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ Garth Wattley (1 February 2015). "Too many: CPL official explains absence of Hawksbills" – Trinidad Express. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ (2 February 2015). "Hawksbills dropped for CPL 2015" – cricbuzz. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ (4 February 2015)> "Eric Simons to Coach St. Kitts-Nevis CPL Team" – SKNVibes. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ (6 February 2015). "Afridi top pick at Caribbean Premier League draft" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
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