The St Lu­cia Zouks are back in the Caribbean Pre­mier League (CPL).

The Zouks will re­place the St Lu­cia Stars for the 2019 sea­son fol­low­ing the CPL’s man­age­ment’s re­cent ter­mi­na­tion of the par­tic­i­pa­tion agree­ment with the com­pa­ny op­er­at­ing the Stars fran­chise.

The Zouks will be play­ing match­es in St Lu­cia and across the Caribbean in this year’s league, which takes place from Sep­tem­ber 4 to Oc­to­ber 12.

How­ev­er, Guardian Me­dia Sports un­der­stands that the CPL will be tak­ing over the man­age­ment of the Zouks for this edi­tion un­til a full-time own­er comes on board.

The own­ers of the tour­na­ment de­cid­ed to take over the fran­chise to keep it alive af­ter last-minute talks with the Stars fran­chise hold­ers broke down. The play­ers who have been draft­ed by the Stars are ex­pect­ed to be tak­en care off by the CPL so that they can par­tic­i­pate in the tour­na­ment.

The Zouks was the orig­i­nal name of the St Lu­cia fran­chise when it was found­ed in 2013 and it still res­onates with crick­et fans around the world. St Lu­cia is one of four is­lands in the Caribbean known for its zouk mu­sic, mak­ing it the per­fect name for the team.

The lo­go is a colour­ful mix­ture of blue and yel­low with a flame sym­bol that is de­rived from the na­tion­al coat of arms, rep­re­sent­ing a de­sire to win.

The Zouks will be play­ing 10 group games dur­ing the tour­na­ment, start­ing with a match against the Guyana Ama­zon War­riors in Guyana on Sep­tem­ber 5. They will vis­it Trinidad and To­ba­go for a game against Trin­ba­go Knight Rid­ers (Sep­tem­ber 8), Ja­maica for the game against the Tallawahs (Sep­tem­ber 12) and St Kitts to play the Pa­tri­ots (Sep­tem­ber 17). They will then play five match­es at home be­tween Sep­tem­ber 20 and 27. Their fi­nal group game will see them take on Bar­ba­dos Tri­dents on Sep­tem­ber 29.

St Lu­cia Zouks fix­tures

Sep 5: Guyana Ama­zon War­riors v St Lu­cia Zouks, Prov­i­dence Sta­di­um, Guyana, 6 pm

Sep 8: Trin­ba­go Knight Rid­ers v St Lu­cia Zouks, Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad, 12 pm

Sep 12: Ja­maica Tallawahs v St Lu­cia Zouks, Sabi­na Park, Ja­maica, 7 pm

Sep 15: St Kitts & Nevis Pa­tri­ots v St Lu­cia Zouks, Warn­er Park, St. Kitts, 6 pm

Sep 20: St Lu­cia Zouks v Bar­ba­dos Tri­dents, Daren Sam­my Sta­di­um, St Lu­cia, 8 pm

Sep 21: St Lu­cia Zouks v Trin­ba­go Knight Rid­ers, Daren Sam­my Sta­di­um, St Lu­cia, 8 pm

Sep 24: St Lu­cia Zouks v St Kitts & Nevis Pa­tri­ots, Daren Sam­my Sta­di­um, St Lu­cia, 6 pm

Sep 25: St Lu­cia Zouks v Guyana Ama­zon War­riors, Daren Sam­my Sta­di­um, St Lu­cia, 6 pm

Sep 27: St Lu­cia Zouks v Ja­maica Tallawahs, Daren Sam­my Sta­di­um, St Lu­cia, 8 pm

Sep 29: Bar­ba­dos Tri­dents v St Lu­cia Zouks, Kens­ing­ton Oval, Bar­ba­dos, 6 pm