Saint Lucia Kings

The 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. They were created in 2013 as one of the six teams for the inaugural season of the tournament. After minimal success in early seasons, the Kings won their first title in 2024, defeating the Guyana Amazon Warriors. They adopted their current moniker in 2021 after being acquired by the ownership of the IPL’s Punjab Kings.

Not to be confused with Monarchy of Saint Lucia.

Saint Lucia Kings

St Lucia Zouks (2013–2016, 2019–2020) St Lucia Stars (2017–2018)
Nickname(s)	beinspired
Personnel
Captain	Faf du Plessis
Coach	Daren Sammy
Owner	Mohit Burman Karan Paul, Ness Wadia Preity Zinta Punjab Kings
Team information
Colours	Blue   Yellow   Black   White
Founded	2013; 12 years ago (2013)
Home ground	Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium
Capacity	15,000
History
CPL wins	1 (2024)
Official website	www.saintluciakings.com
T20 kit

Kings Group
Current Teams
Punjab Kings (2008–present) Saint Lucia Kings(2021–present)

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 both 2020 and 2021, Saint Lucia finished as runners-up.

Current squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

As of 5 June 2024^[update]

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (age)	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batsman
13	Faf du Plessis	South Africa	(1984-07-13) 13 July 1984 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	Captain
	Bhanuka Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka	(1991-10-24) 24 October 1991 (age 33)	Left handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
All-rounders
22	Roston Chase	Barbados	(1992-03-22) 22 March 1992 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm off spin
96	David Wiese	Namibia[a]	(1985-05-18) 18 May 1985 (age 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas
–	Khary Pierre	Trinidad and Tobago	(1991-09-22) 22 September 1991 (age 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm Slow left-arm orthodox
–	Matthew Forde	Barbados	(2002-04-29) 29 April 2002 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Wicket-keepers
–	Johnson Charles	Saint Lucia	(1989-01-14) 14 January 1989 (age 36)	Right-handed	Left arm orthodox
45	Heinrich Klaasen	South Africa	(1991-07-30) 30 July 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	Overseas
Spin bowlers
99	Noor Ahmad	Afghanistan	(2005-01-03) 3 January 2005 (age 20)	Right-handed	Left-arm unorthodox	Overseas
Pace bowlers
8	Alzarri Joseph	Antigua and Barbuda	(1996-11-20) 20 November 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Vice-captain
	McKenny Clarke	Saint Lucia	(2003-06-05) 5 June 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast

• Source: St Lucia Kings players

Result summary

As of 30 August 2023

CPL summary of results

Year	Played	Wins	Losses	Tied	NR	Win %	Position
2013	7	2	5	0	0	28.57%	6/6
2014	9	2	7	0	0	22.22%	5/6
2015	10	4	5	0	1	40%	5/6
2016	10	6	4	0	0	60%	3/6
2017	10	0	9	0	1	0%	6/6
2018	10	3	6	0	1	30%	5/6
2019	10	3	6	0	1	30%	5/6
2020	10	6	4	0	0	60%	3/6
2021	10	5	5	0	0	50%	4/6
2022	10	4	5	0	1	40%	3/6
2023	10	4	4	0	2	40%	3/6
2024 (WINNERS)	10	7	3	0	0	70%	2/6
Total	116	46	63	0	7	42.22%

• Source: ESPNcricinfo^[2]

• 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
Team manager	Rawl Lewis
Head coach	Daren Sammy

Player statistics

As of 30 September 2022

Most runs

Player	Seasons	Runs
Andre Fletcher	2013–2021	2,310
Johnson Charles	2014–2017, 2022	1,382
Daren Sammy	2013–2014, 2016–2020	898
Rahkeem Cornwall	2017–2021	819
Roston Chase	2020–2022	771

• Source: ESPNcricinfo

Most wickets

Player	Seasons	Wickets
Kesrick Williams	2018–2022	51
Alzarri Joseph	2021–2022	27
Obed McCoy	2017–2021	26
Roston Chase	2017–2022	25
Shane Shillingford	2013–2017	25

• Source: ESPNcricinfo

Seasons

Caribbean Premier League

Year	League standing	Final standing
2013	6th out of 6	League stage
2014	5th out of 6	League stage
2015	5th out of 6	League stage
2016	3rd out of 6	Eliminator
2017	6th out of 6	League stage
2018	5th out of 6	League stage
2019	5th out of 6	League stage
2020	3rd out of 6	Runners-up
2021	4th out of 6	Runners-up
2022	3rd out of 6	Eliminator
2023	3rd out of 6	Eliminator
2024	2nd out of 6	Champions

The 6ixty

Season	League standing	Final position
2022	5th out of 6	League stage

See also

• List of St Lucia Kings cricketers

Notes

1. Wiese has also played international cricket for South Africa