St Lucia Stars

St Lucia Stars
Personnel
Captain Saint Lucia Darren Sammy
Coach Saint Kitts and Nevis Stuart Williams
Owner Jignesh Pandya
Team information
Colors      Blue
Founded 2013
Home ground Darren Sammy Stadium
Capacity 15,000
History
CPL wins 0

Formerly known as the St Lucia Zouks, the St Lucia Stars[1] are the representative team of Saint Lucia in the Caribbean Premier League of cricket. It was one of the six teams created in 2013 for the inaugural season of the tournament. The Zouks managed to win only 4 games out of 14 in the first two seasons finishing last and second last in the tournament respectively. The 2016 season showed their best record yet, winning 6 out of 10 games and finishing third in the league, the Zouks' highest CPL T20 finish to date.

Team logo as the St Lucia Zouks, 2013-2016 seasons.

For the 2017 season, the franchise chose to rebrand under a new name and logo as the St Lucia Stars.

Squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No. Name[2] Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batsmen
10 Jesse Ryder New Zealand 6 August 1984 Left Right-arm medium Overseas, replacement for David Miller
72 Keddy Lesporis Saint Lucia 27 December 1988 Right Right-arm off break
All-rounders
33 Shane Watson Australia 17 June 1981 Right Right-arm fast-medium Marquee player,[3] Overseas
88 Darren Sammy Saint Lucia 20 December 1983 Right Right-arm medium-fast Captain
48 Marlon Samuels Jamaica 5 February 1981 Right Right arm off break
71 Kyle Mayers Barbados 8 September 1992 Left Right-arm medium-fast
Rahkeem Cornwall Antigua and Barbuda February 1, 1993 Right Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
23 Kamran Akmal Pakistan 13 January 1982 Right Right-arm medium-fast Overseas[4]
72 Andre Fletcher Grenada 28 November 1987 Right Right-arm medium-fast
25 Johnson Charles Saint Lucia 14 January 1988 Right Right-arm medium-fast
Sunil Ambris Saint Vincent and the Grenadines March 23, 1993 Right Right-arm medium
Bowlers
65 Mitchell McClenaghan New Zealand 11 June 1986 Left Left-arm fast-medium Overseas, replacement for Lasith Malinga
20 Jerome Taylor Jamaica 22 June 1984 Right Right-arm fast
66 Shane Shillingford Dominica 22 February 1983 Right Right-arm off break
57 Eddie Leie South Africa 16 November 1986 Right Right-arm leg break Overseas
Obed McCoy January 4, 1997 Left Left-arm fast-medium
Timil Patel United States December 1, 1983 Right Right-arm leg spin ICC Americas rookie

References

  1. ↑ https://stluciatimes.com/2017/03/08/hero-cpls-st-lucia-team-announces-new-brand-identity
  2. ↑ https://twitter.com/CPL/status/697846276495450112
  3. ↑ marquee players announced
  4. ↑ http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/41028.html


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