Saint Lucia Kings Explained

Saint Lucia Kings should not be confused with Monarchy of Saint Lucia.

Saint Lucia Kings
Alt Name:St Lucia Zouks (2013–2016, 2019–2020)
St Lucia Stars (2017–2018)
Nickname:beinspired
Owner:Mohit Burman, Karan Paul, Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta
Colours: Blue
Yellow
Black
White
Coach:Daren Sammy
Captain:Faf du Plessis
Ground:Darren Sammy Stadium
Capacity:15,000
Title1:CPL
Title2:6ixty
T Title:T20 kit
T Pattern La:_navyborder
T Pattern B:_collar
T Pattern Ra:_navyborder
T Leftarm:00BFFF
T Body:00BFFF
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T Pants:000080
Bodyclass:nowraplinks
Header1:Kings Group
Header2:Current Teams
Data3:Punjab Kings (2008–present)
Saint Lucia Kings (2021–present)

Saint Lucia Kings (formerly known as St Lucia Stars and St Lucia Zouks)[1] are the representative team of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) of cricket. It is one of the six teams created in 2013 for the inaugural season of the tournament. The Zouks won only 4 games out of 14 in the first two seasons, finishing last and second last in the tournament respectively.

For the 2017 season, the franchise chose to rebrand under a new name and logo as the Saint Lucia Stars. In 2018, they finished fifth in Caribbean Premier League winning three out of their ten matches. In 2019, they finished fifth again and narrowly missed out on a semi-final spot. In 2020, Saint Lucia finished as runners-up. In 2021, Punjab Kings, the IPL franchise bought the team ownership and renamed it to Saint Lucia Kings. Saint Lucia again finished as runners-up.

Current squad

No.NameNationalityDate of birth (age)Batting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsman
13Faf du Plessis 13 July 1984 Right-handed
Bhanuka Rajapaksa Sri Lanka24 October 1991Left handedRight-arm mediumOverseas
All-rounders
22 Roston Chase22 March 1992Right-handed Right-arm off spin
96David Wiese 18 May 1985 Right-handed Overseas
–Khary Pierre 22 September 1991 Left-handed
– Matthew Forde29 April 2002 Right-handed
Wicket-keepers
– Johnson Charles 14 January 1989 Right-handed
45Heinrich Klaasen 30 July 1991 Right-handed Overseas
Spin bowlers
99 Noor Ahmad 3 January 2005 Right-handed Overseas
Pace bowlers
8Alzarri Joseph20 November 1996Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastVice-captain
McKenny Clarke5 June 2000Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast

Result summary

CPL summary of results
Year Played Wins Losses Tied NR Win %Position
20137 2 5 0 0 28.57% 6/6
20149 2 7 0 0 22.22% 5/6
201510 4 5 0 1 40% 5/6
201611 6 5 0 0 54.55% 4/6
201710 0 9 0 1 0% 6/6
201810 3 6 0 1 30% 5/6
201910 3 6 0 1 30% 5/6
202012 7 5 0 0 58.33% 2/6
202112 6 6 0 0 50% 2/6
2022114613/6
Total10237600536.27%

Administration and support staff

PositionName
Team manager Rawl Lewis
Head coach Daren Sammy

Player statistics

Most runs

PlayerSeasonsRuns
Andre Fletcher2013–20212,310
Johnson Charles2014–2017, 20221,382
Daren Sammy2013–2014, 2016–2020898
Rahkeem Cornwall2017–2021819
Roston Chase2020–2022771

Most wickets

PlayerSeasonsWickets
Kesrick Williams2018–202251
Alzarri Joseph2021–202227
Obed McCoy2017–202126
Roston Chase2017–202225
Shane Shillingford2013–201725

Seasons

Caribbean Premier League

YearLeague standingFinal standing
20136th out of 6League stage
20145th out of 6League stage
20155th out of 6League stage
20163rd out of 6Eliminator
20176th out of 6League stage
20185th out of 6League stage
20195th out of 6League stage
20203rd out of 6Runners-up
20214th out of 6Runners-up
20223rd out of 6Eliminator
20233rd out of 6Eliminator
2024

The 6ixty

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CPL franchise St Lucia Zouks renamed as St Lucia Kings. The Cricketer. 2 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Caribbean Premier League Cricket Team Records & Stats ESPNcricinfo.com. Cricinfo. 20 March 2021.

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