Bowler Jeremiah Louis Heads to St Kitts Patriots

Seamer Jeremiah Louis will reunite with his younger brother Mikyle at St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in CPL 2024.

Jermiah is set to replace Sherfane Rutherford, who had withdrawn from the tournament for personal reasons.

Jeremiah’s inclusion in the Patriots squad means the Louis brothers could play together for the first time in the CPL.

Meanwhile, Mikyle made his CPL – and T20 – debut this season, Jeremiah had already played six CPL games between 2016 and 2022, picking up three wickets.

Jeremiah has also represented Patriots in the 6IXTY competition, where he took four wickets in five games in 2022.

Jeremiah is better known for his red-ball skills: he has 151 wickets in 57 first-class games.

He was recently called into West Indies’ Test squad for their tour of England before he was ruled out with injury.

As for Mikyle, he has emerged as the most promising local batter in his maiden CPL stint, scoring 187 runs in five innings.

Only his Patriots seniors Evin Lewis -191 and Kyle Mayers 204 have scored more runs than Mikyle so far this season.

Jeremiah’s addition bolsters the local pace attack, which has been struggling through this season.

Dominic Drakes, Odean Smith, Ryan John and Johann Layne have all conceded over 12 an over.

Patriots are currently rooted to the bottom of the CPL 2024 points table with just a solitary win in seven games.

They had also finished last in CPL 2023 and overall have managed just two wins across the past two seasons.