St Lucia Zouks

St Lucia Zouks (formerly known as St Lucia Stars from 2016–2018)[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. 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 Stars, 2016-2019 seasons.

St Lucia Zouks
Personnel
Captain Darren Sammy
Coach Andy Flower
OwnerMohit Burman
Ness Wadia
Preity Zinta
Karan Paul
Team information
Colours     Blue      Yellow      Black      White
Founded2013
Home groundDarren Sammy Stadium
Capacity15,000
History
CPL wins0

T20I kit

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

In August 2019, the St Lucia Stars franchise team was axed from the tournament, with the CPL looking to replace the team.[2] They returned as St Lucia Zouks later that month.[3]

Current squad
  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  •  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
  •  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Notes
Batsman
333Chris Gayle (1979-09-21) 21 September 1979Left-handedRight-arm off break2020
27Rilee Rossouw (1989-10-09) 9 October 1989Left-handedRight-arm off break2020Overseas
41Colin Ingram (1985-07-03) 3 July 1985Left-HandedRight-arm leg break2020Overseas
1Najibullah Zadran (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993Left-HandedRight-arm off break2019Overseas
28Kimani Melius (2001-01-17) 17 January 2001Right-handed—2020
—Leniko Boucher (1997-02-13) 13 February 1997Right-handed—2020
—Javelle Glen (1998-02-26) 26 February 1998Left-handed—2020
All-rounders
88Darren Sammy (1983-12-20) 20 December 1983Right-handedRight-arm medium2013
20Rahkeem Cornwall (1993-09-21) 21 September 1993Right-handedRight-arm off break2017
—Roston Chase (1992-03-22) 22 March 1992Right-handedRight-arm off break2020
7Mohammad Nabi (1985-01-01) 1 January 1985Right-handedRight-arm off break2020Overseas
—Saad Bin Zafar (1986-11-10) 10 November 1986Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2020Overseas
44Scott Kuggeleijn (1992-01-03) 3 January 1992Right-handedRight arm fast-medium2020Overseas
21Kavem Hodge (1993-02-21) 21 February 1993Right-HandedLeft-arm orthodox2018
17Chemar Holder (1998-03-03) 3 March 1998Right-handedRight-arm fast2020
17Mark Deyal (1993-04-07) 7 April 1993Left-handedRight-arm off break2020
Wicket-keepers
77Andre Fletcher (1987-11-27) 27 November 1987Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2013
Bowler
19Kesrick Williams (1990-01-17) 17 January 1990Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium2018
61Obed McCoy (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium2017
2Anrich Nortje (1993-11-16) 16 November 1993Right-handedRight-arm fast2020Overseas
75Zahir Khan (1998-12-20) 20 December 1998Left-handedSlow left-arm wrist-spin2020Overseas
—Noor Ahmad (2005-01-03) 3 January 2005Left-handedSlow left-arm wrist-spin2020Overseas

References
  1. https://stluciatimes.com/2017/03/08/hero-cpls-st-lucia-team-announces-new-brand-identity
  2. "St Lucia Stars axed from CPL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  3. "ST LUCIA ZOUKS TO REPLACE ST LUCIA STARS". CPL T20. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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