Jeremiah Louis drafted by St Kitts and Nevis as a replacement for the remainder of the Caribbean Premier League.
Jeremiah Louis given a call-up by the Patriots as a replacement for Sherfane Rutherford, who has left for personal reasons.
He will team up with his brother Mikyle and could very well play together for the first time too.
28-year-old Jeremiah has 6 appearances in the CPL in a six-year span from 2016-2022. This is Mikyle’s debut season in the CPL following his T20i debut in June.
Despite a call-up in the T20 tournament, Jeremiah is more adept in the longest format of the game. The 28-year-old has a formidable record in first-class cricket, with 151 wickets in 54 matches at 25.43.
He was given a call-up for the England series, but an injury meant he was ruled out.
Mikyle Louis has been most promising local batter this CPL, scoring 187 runs in five innings at an average of 37.40. Only his Patriots seniors Evin Lewis and Kyle Mayers have scored more runs than Mikyle so far this season.
Mikyle said Jeremiah is not just a brother but also a mentor and a good friend.
“He influenced me in many ways,” Mikyle said of Jeremiah. While I was in my stagnant phase, he was playing for Leeward Islands or West Indies A. He would come back and have a conversation, saying, ‘Yo, I bowled to this batsman in the nets.
“You are not far off, you continue working. Trust me, bro, based on skill you have time to grow.’ Those conversations would give me hope and the self-belief that, okay, I’m good enough.”
Jeremiah’s addition bolsters the local pace attack, which has been struggling this season. Dominic Drakes, Odean, Smith, Ryan John and Johann Layne have all gone over 12 an over.