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.

History The league's first expansion team, the new franchise was announced on 27th January 2015, supported by the Saint Kitts & Nevis government as well as the local business community."St Kitts and Nevis join CPL with new Franchise team" – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 February 2015. 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 Barbados Tridents and the Guyana Amazon Warriors.(12 March 2014). "Warner Park in St Kitts to host CPL finals" – Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

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 would be revived at a later date, with the CPL consequently featuring seven teams rather than six.(2 February 2015). "New franchise to replace Hawksbills in CPL 2015" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2015. 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 contributed to their removal.Garth Wattley (1 February 2015). "Too many: CPL official explains absence of Hawksbills" – Trinidad Express. Retrieved 2 February 2015. 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.(2 February 2015). "Hawksbills dropped for CPL 2015" – cricbuzz. Retrieved 2 February 2015. 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.(4 February 2015)> "Eric Simons to Coach St. Kitts-Nevis CPL Team" – SKNVibes. Retrieved 6 February 2015. Simons was tasked with building the team's coaching structure ahead of its inaugural 2015 CPL season.

Current squad Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleYear signedNotes Batsmen Alick AthanazeLeft-handedRight-arm off break 2025 Navin BidaiseeLeft-handedRight-arm off break 2025 Kevin WickhamRight-handedRight-arm Off Spin 2026 Mikyle LouisRight-handedRight-arm leg break 2024 All-rounders7Dasun ShanakaRight-handedRight-arm medium 2026Overseas98Jason HolderRight-handedRight arm medium fast 2025Captain71Kyle MayersLeft-handedRight-arm medium 20244Nikhil ChaudharyRight-handedRight-arm off spin 2026Overseas49Wanindu HasarangaRight-handedRight-arm leg-break 2026Overseas Wicket-keepers72 Andre FletcherRight-handed 202225 Johnson CharlesRight-handed 2026 BowlersObed McCoyLeft-handedLeft-arm fast-medium 2026Jeremiah LouisRight-handedRight-arm medium-fast 2024Micah McKenzieRight-handedRight-arm leg spin 2026Ashmead NeddRight-handedLeft-arm orthodox 20256Waqar SalamkheilRight-handedLeft-arm unorthodox spin 2025Overseas77Naseem ShahRight-handedRight-arm fast 2025Overseas Source:St Kitts & Nevis Patriots Players

Statistical summary

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% 1/6202210350230%5/6202310170210%6/6 Total9737530738.14% 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 PositionName Head coach Malolan Rangarajan

Statistics

Most runs PlayerSeasonsRuns Evin Lewis 2015–present 1,702 Devon Thomas 2015–2019, 2021 924Chris Gayle 2017–2018, 2021 730Carlos Brathwaite 2015–2019 502 Fabian Allen 2017–2019, 2021 436 Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets PlayerSeasonsWickets Sheldon Cottrell2015–present61Carlos Brathwaite 2015–201936 Tabraiz Shamsi2015–201833 Rayad Emrit2019–202023 Alzarri Joseph2016–202021 Source: ESPNcricinfo

Seasons Caribbean Premier League Year League standing Season standing 2015 6th out of 6League stage 20166th out of 6League stage 20172nd out of 6 Runners-up 20184th out of 6Qualifier 20193rd out of 6Eliminator 20206th out of 6League stage 20213rd out of 6 Champion 20225th out of 6League stage20236th out of 6League stage20246th out of 6League stage

The 6ixty SeasonLeague standingFinal position20224th out of 6 Champions

See also Leeward Islands cricket team

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