St Kitts & Nevis Patriots

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots
Personnel
Captain Evin Lewis
Coach Malolan Rangarajan
Owner Mahesh Ramani
Team information
Colours   Red,   Black,   White,   Green,   Yellow
Founded 2015
Home ground Warner Park, Basseterre
Capacity 10,000
History
CPL wins 1 (2021)
6ixty wins 1 (2022)
Official website http://www.sknpatriots.com

T20 kit

The St Kitts & Nevis Patriots are a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) cricket franchise based in Saint Kitts and Nevis that participated in the competition for the first time in 2015. The team plays its home games at Warner Park, Basseterre, located on Saint Kitts, and, like the league's other franchises, draws 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. 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.

The Saint Kitts and Nevis franchise effectively replaced the Antigua Hawksbills franchise (based in Antigua and Barbuda), although it was intended that the Hawksbills franchise will be revived at a later date, with the CPL consequently featuring seven teams rather than six. 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. 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. 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.

Current squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
As of 5 June 2023
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Year signed Notes
Batsmen
17 Evin Lewis Trinidad and Tobago 27 December 1991 Left-handed Right-arm medium 2015
50 Sherfane Rutherford Guyana 15 August 1998 Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2022
All-rounders
48 Dominic Drakes Barbados 6 February 1998 Left-handed Left arm medium fast 2019
Wicket-keepers
Andre Fletcher Grenada 28 November 1987 (aged 33) Right-handed 2022
Joshua Da Silva Trinidad and Tobago 19 June 1998 Right-handed 2020
Spin bowlers
Pace bowlers
19 Sheldon Cottrell Jamaica 19 August 1989 Right-handed Left arm fast medium 2015
Oshane Thomas Jamaica 18 February 1997 Left-handed Right-arm fast 2021

Statistical summary

As of 30 August 2023
Year Played Wins Losses Tied NR Win % Position
2015 10 4 6 0 0 40% 6/6
2016 10 2 8 0 0 20% 6/6
2017 12 7 4 0 1 58.33% 2/6
2018 12 6 5 0 1 50% 3/6
2019 11 5 6 0 0 45.45% 4/6
2020 10 1 8 0 1 10% 6/6
2021 12 8 4 0 0 66.67% 1/6
2022 10 3 5 2 5/6
Total 88 36 36 0 5 42.31%
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo
  • Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result)
  • Win or loss by super over or boundary count are counted as tied.
  • Tied+Win - Counted as a win and Tied+Loss - Counted as a loss.
  • NR indicates no result.

Administration and support staff

Position Name
Head coach Malolan Rangarajan

Player statistics

As of 5 September 2021

Most runs

Player Seasons Runs
Evin Lewis 2015–present 1,702
Devon Thomas 2015–2019, 2021 924
Chris Gayle 2017–2018, 2021 730
Carlos Brathwaite 2015–2019 502
Fabian Allen 2017–2019, 2021 436

Most wickets

Player Seasons Wickets
Sheldon Cottrell 2015–present 61
Carlos Brathwaite 2015–2019 36
Tabraiz Shamsi 2015–2018 33
Rayad Emrit 2019–2020 23
Alzarri Joseph 2016–2020 21

Seasons

Caribbean Premier League

Year League standing Season standing
2015 6th out of 6 League stage
2016 6th out of 6 League stage
2017 2nd out of 6 Runners-up
2018 4th out of 6 Qualifier
2019 3rd out of 6 Eliminator
2020 6th out of 6 League stage
2021 3rd out of 6 Champion
2022 5th out of 6 League stage

The 6ixty

Season League standing Final position
2022 4th out of 6 Champions

See also