List of nicknames used in cricket
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Cricket has a rich tradition of using nicknames. This is a List of nicknames used in international cricket.
[edit] Teams
- Australia's 1948 tour of England — The Invincibles
- Australian national cricket team — Baggy Greens
- Bangladeshi national cricket team — The Tigers
- Canadian national cricket team — One Man Band
- New Zealand national cricket team — The Black Caps, The Kiwis
- South African national cricket team — The Proteas
- Sri Lankan national cricket team — The Lions
- West Indian national cricket team — The Windies, The Calypsos
- Indian national cricket team — The Men in Blue
- Pakistani national cricket team— The Stars
[edit] Officials, umpires and commentators
- Harold Bird — Dickie Bird
- Henry Blofeld — Blowers
- Brent Bowden — Billy
- Steve Bucknor — Slow Death
- Bill Ferguson — Fergie
- Bill Frindall — The Bearded Wonder
- Brian Johnston — Johnners
- Christopher Martin-Jenkins — CMJ
- Don Mosey — The Alderman
- Bill O'Reilly — Tiger
- David Shepherd — Shep
- Bryan Waddle — Wads
[edit] Supporters
- An organised group of loyal supporters for the English cricket team — The Barmy Army
- An organised group of New Zealand cricket team supporters — The Beige Brigade
- An organised group of Indian cricket team supporters — The Bharat Army
- An organised group of Australian cricket team supporters — The Fantatics
[edit] Players
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[edit] A
- Bobby Abel — The Guv'nor
- Jimmy Adams — Padams [1]
- Paul Adams — Gogga ("insect" in Afrikaans), frog in a blender for his unique bowling style
- Ajit Agarkar — Bombay Duck (for his horror streak of ducks against Australia)
- Jonathan Agnew — Aggers
- Shoaib Akhtar — Rawalpindi Express
- Wasim Akram — Was, Sultan of Swing
- Terry Alderman — Clem (after Clem Jones, mayor of Brisbane, curator of Gabba and an alderman)
- Mark Alleyne — BooBoo
- Mohinder Amarnath — Jimmy
- Surinder Amarnath — Tommy
- James Anderson — Jimmy boy
- Warwick Armstrong — the Big Ship
- Jason Arnberger — Cheesy
- Geoff Arnold — Horse
- Shahid Afridi — Boom Boom, Lala
- Nathan Astle — Nates
- Michael Atherton — Athers
- Mohammed Azharuddin — Azhar/Azza
[edit] B
- Trevor Bailey — The Boil, Barnacle
- Omari Banks — Bankie, Cowheb
- Gareth Batty — Batts, Ronan, Scotty
- Ian Bell — Belly, Boyband, The Shermanator (Shane Warne's sledging)
- Richie Benaud — Diamonds[2]
- Tino Best — The Best, Ntini
- Michael Bevan — Bevvo
- Andrew Bichel — Bic, Andy
- Rosalie Birch — Cheesy
- Jack Blackham — Black Jack
- Nicky Boje — Bodge
- David Boon — Stumpy, Boonie
- Allan Border — A.B., Captain Grumpy
- Ian Botham — Beefy, Guy the Gorilla
- Mark Boucher — Guinness, Billy
- Geoff Boycott — Fiery, Boycs, Thatch
- Nathan Bracken — Bracks
- Don Bradman — The Don
- Mike Brearley — Plank
[edit] C
- Andy Caddick — Caddyshack, Wingnut
- Chris Cairns — B.A. (Bad Attitude)
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul — Tiger, Shiv
- Ian Chappell — Chapelli
- Ewen Chatfield — Chats, Farmer (Mer) or The Naenae Express
- Stuart Clark — Sarfraz, Stu
- Michael Clarke — Pup
- Paul Collingwood — Nice Ginger, Colly
- Herbie Collins — Horseshoe
- Corey Collymore — Screw
- Jeremy Coney — Mantis
- Mark Cosgrove — Cossy, Baby-Boof (due to similarities in batting-style and physique of Darren Lehmann)
- Colin Cowdrey — Kipper
- John Crawley — Creepy
- Jeff Crowe — Chopper
- Martin Crowe — Hogan
- Dan Cullen — Dash
[edit] D
- Adam Dale — Chipper
- Joe Darling — Paddy
- Phillip DeFreitas — Daffy
- Aravinda de Silva — Mad Max
- Fanie de Villiers — Vinnige Fanie ("Fast Fanie" in Afrikaans)
- Kapil Dev — The Haryana Express, Haryana Hurricane [3]
- Ted Dexter — Lord Ted, Malcolm Devon
- Mahendra Singh Dhoni — Mahi
- Graham Dilley — Pica
- Boeta Dippenaar — Dipps
- Allan Donald — White Lightning, AD
- Brett Dorey — Hunky, John
- J.W.H.T. Douglas — Johnny Won't Hit Today
- Rahul Dravid — Jammy, The Wall, The Great Wall of India
- Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji — Duleep, Mr Smith
[edit] E
- Bruce Edgar — Bootsy
- Sean Ervine — Slugs
[edit] F
- Damien Fleming — Flemo
- Stephen Fleming — Flange
- Duncan Fletcher — Fletch
- Keith Fletcher — The Gnome of Essex
- Andrew Flintoff — Freddie, Twiggy, Fred, family man, Mr. InFredible [4]
- James Foster — The Child
- Graeme Fowler — Foxy
- C. B. Fry — Lord Oxford, Charles III, Almighty LOL
[edit] G
- Sourav Ganguly — Maharaj, Prince of Calcutta, Dada, Bengal Tiger
- Joel Garner — Big Bird
- Mike Gatting — Fat Gatt, Branston, Einstein
- Sunil Gavaskar — Sunny, The Little Master
- Chris Gayle — Cramps, Crampy,Mr Cool,CG(by Carlton Baugh)
- Herschelle Gibbs — Scooter, The Sack Man
- Adam Gilchrist — Churchy, Gilly, The Demolition Man
- Ashley Giles — Ash, the King of Spain, Gilo,Wheelie Bin
- Jason Gillespie — Dizzy (after jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie)
- Graham Gooch — Zap
- Darren Gough — Rhino, Goughy, the Dazzler, Dancing Darren
- E. M. Grace — The Coroner
- W.G. Grace — The Doctor
- Mark Greatbatch — Paddy
- Clarrie Grimmett — The Old Fox, Grum
- Subhash Gupte — Fergie
[edit] H
- Brad Haddin — BJ, Harry, Guildo
- Richard Hadlee — Paddles
- Andrew Hall — Brosh, Merv, Hally
- Harbhajan Singh —The Turbanator, Bhajji (by team-mates)
- Stephen Harmison — Harmy (or Harmi), Tinker, GBH (Grievous Bodily Harmison to the Barmy Army, home sickness)
- Chris Harris — Harry, Lugs
- Ian Harvey — The 'Freak'
- Nathan Hauritz — Horry
- Matthew Hayden — Haydos, Unit
- Nantie Hayward — Wayward Hayward
- George Headley — Atlas,Black Bradman
- Ian Healy — Heals
- Hunter Hendry — Stork
- Paul Hitchcock — Alfred
- Jack Hobbs — The Master
- Brad Hogg— George, Hoggy, The Postman
- Matthew Hoggard — Hoggy, Shrek, Smudger
- Michael Holding — Whispering Death
- Bob Holland — Dutchy
- A N Hornby — Monkey
- James Hopes — Hopesy, Jimbo, Catfish
- Merv Hughes — Fruitfly, Swerve, Swerv'n Merv'n
- Simon Hughes — Yozzer
- Nasser Hussain — Nass (by the commentators)
- Michael Hussey — The Huss, Mr Cricket
[edit] I
- Inzamam ul Haq — Inzy
- Bert Ironmonger — Dainty
[edit] J
- Ridley Jacobs — Ras Bell, Riddler
- Sanath Jayasuriya — The Matara Mauler(Matara is his hometown)
- Gilbert Jessop — The Croucher
- Dean Jones — Deano, Legend (nickname he gave to himself).
- Sylvester Joseph — Bouncing
[edit] K
- Mohammed Kaif — Kaifu, Kaiffi
- Jacques Kallis — Kalahari, Jackes
- Danish Kaneria — Nani Dani
- Michael Kasprowicz — Kasper
- Simon Katich — Stiffler, Kat
- Justin Kemp — Daryll (Shane Warne's sledging)
- Imran Khan — The Lion of Lahore, The King of Swing
- Michael Klinger — Maxy
- Lance Klusener — Zulu
- Anil Kumble — Jumbo
[edit] L
- Justin Langer — BNG, Brown Nose Gnome, Alf
- Charl Langeveldt — Langes
- Brian Lara — The Prince, The Prince of Trinidad'
- Gavin Larsen — The Postman (apparently he always delivered!)
- Harold Larwood — Lol
- Bill Lawry — Phantom, Phanta, The corpse with pads on (he loved Phantom comics)
- Geoff Lawson — Henry
- VVS Laxman — Very Very Special
- Brett Lee — Bing, Oswald
- Warren Lees — Wally
- Darren Lehmann — Boof, Shrek
- Henry Leveson-Gower — Shrimp
- Jon Lewis — Lewy
- Dennis Lillee — D.K., F.O.T (F***ing Old Tart)
- Denis Lindsay — Sporty
- Clive Lloyd — Super Cat
- David Lloyd — Bumble
- Martin Love — Lovey, Pumper
[edit] M
- Charles Macartney — Governor-General
- Stuart MacGill — Stuey, Macca, Magilla
- Ken Mackay — Slasher
- Jimmy Maher — Mahbo
- Shoaib Malik — Terminator
- Ashley Mallett — Rowdy
- Sanjay Manjrekar — Sanj
- Vijay Manjrekar — The Wanderer
- Vic Marks — Skid
- Charles Marriott — Father Marriott
- Geoff Marsh — Swampy
- Rod Marsh — Iron Gloves, Bacchus
- Xavier Marshall — X, Mad Max
- Frederick Martin — Nutty
- Damien Martyn — Marto
- Lloyd Mash — Monster, Bangers (in the UK)
- Greg Matthews — Mo
- Glenn McGrath — Pigeon, The Metronome,Ooh Ahh (Glenn McGrath)
- Brendon McCullum — Baz
- Graham McKenzie — Garth
- Craig McMillan — Macca
- Colin Miller — Funky
- Keith Miller — Nugget
- Tom Moody — Long
- Dave Mohammed — Tadpole[5]
- Danny Morrison — Deke
- John Morrison — Mystery
- Runako Morton — Ronnie
- Muttiah Muralitharan — The Smiling Assassin, Murali, MuMu, Master technician
- Saqlain Mushtaq — Saqi, Professor (wears glasses and outsmarts the batsman)
[edit] N
- Andre Nel — Nella
- Mfuneko Ngam — Chewey (Chewey'N gam)
- Monty Noble — Mary Ann
- Makhaya Ntini — Macky; George
[edit] O
- Chris Old — Chilly (from C.Old)
- Bill O'Reilly — Tiger
- Kerry O'Keeffe — Skull
[edit] P
- Milford Page — Curly
- Monty Panesar — The Mont-ster, Python
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi — Tiger
- Parthiv Patel — Bachcha (child in Hindi)
- Kevin Pietersen — K.P., Kelvin, Kapes
- Graeme Pollock — The Little Dog
- Peter Pollock — The Big Dog
- Shaun Pollock — Polly, Ginger, The Nibbler
- Ricky Ponting — Punter
- Ashwell Prince — Ashy P
[edit] Q
- Abdul Qadir — Qadu
[edit] R
- Carl Rackemann — Mocca
- Venkatapathy Raju — Muscles
- Denesh Ramdin — Shoppy
- Ravi Rampaul — Frisco Kid
- Mark Ramprakash — Bloodaxe, Ramps
- Ranjitsinhji — Black Prince of Cricketers, the Midsummer night's dream of cricket, Ranji, Smith
- Derek Randall — Arkle
- Yalaka Venugopal Rao — Venu
- Abdul Razzaq — Razzler
- Bruce Reid — Chook
- Paul Reiffel — Pistol
- Dave Renneberg — Big Shine
- Harold Rhodes — Dusty Rhodes
- Jonty Rhodes — The Maritzburg Mamba
- Vivian Richards — Master Blaster, the Master, Viv
- Mark Richardson — Rigor, Rig
- Greg Ritchie — Fat Cat
- Steve Rixon — Stumper
- Jacques Rudolph — Jackie
- Ken Rutherford — Ruds or Rudder
[edit] S
- Marlon Samuels — Elegance, Sagabwoy
- Mohammed Sami — Salami, The Karachi Express
- Virender Sehwag — Viru, Prince of Nafarganjh
- Paul Sheahan — Timbers
- Bob Simpson — Simmo
- Navjot Singh Sidhu —Sherry, Jonty Singh, Sixer Sidhu
- Mathew Sinclair — Skippy
- Yuvraj Singh —Yuvi
- Michael Slater — Slats
- Peter Sleep — Sounda
- Sir Aubrey Smith — Round the Corner
- Ian Smith — Stockley
- Graeme Smith — Biff, Smiffy, muffi, Bandit
- Jim Smith — Big Jim
- Robin Smith — Judge
- Martin Snedden — Sneds
- Fred Spofforth — Demon
- Javagal Srinath — Babu,Mysore express
- Keith Stackpole — Stacky
- Brian Statham — George
- Edward Stevens — Lumpy
- Alec Stewart — Wizenedone, Gaffer
- Andrew Strauss — Lord Brocket, Straussy
- Pieter Strydom — Striker
- Scott Styris — Pig, Pigdog
- Andrew Symonds — Symo, Roy, Golden Bollocks
[edit] T
- Mark Taylor — Tubby, Tails
- Sachin Tendulkar — Tendlya, Little Master, The Master Blaster, Slashin Sachin, The Bombay Bomber, 10dulkar
- Alan Thomson — Froggie
- Jeff Thomson — Two-up, Thomo
- Graham Thorpe — The Shagger, Thorpey
- Ernie Toshack — The Dark Prince
- Marcus Trescothick — Banger, Tresco, Elvis (Elvis Prez Trez)
- Fred Trueman — Fiery Fred
- Hugh Trumble — Little Eva
- Daryl Tuffey — Hightower
- Phil Tufnell — Two Sugars, The Cat, Tuffers
- Charlie Turner — Terror
- Frank Tyson — Typhoon
[edit] U
- Shaun Udal — Shaggy, Nice Shags
- Derek Underwood — Deadly
[edit] V
- Michael Vaughan — Virgil, Vaughny
- Dilip Vengsarkar — Colonel
- Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan — Venkat, Rhubarb
- Daniel Vettori — Lucas, Danny, Jeff, Spod
- Lou Vincent — Flusher, The Chin
- Maharajkumar of Vizianagram — Vizzy
[edit] W
- Max Walker — Tangles
- Doug Walters — Freddie, Bikki
- Shane Warne — Warney, Hollywood, The Sheikh of Tweak,Warna
- Shane Watson — Watto, Will
- Steve Waugh — Tugga, Iceman
- Mark Waugh — Junior, Afghanistan (The forgotten waugh)
- Cameron White — Carn, Cam
- Craig White — Chalky,
- Jeff Wilson — Goldie
- Paul Wilson — Blocker
- Matthew Windows — Steamy
- Paul Wiseman — Whizz
- Bill Woodfull — The Rock
- John Wright — Shake
- Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis (as a bowling partnership) — The Two W's, The Sultans of Reverse Swing
- Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell — The Three W's
[edit] XYZ
- Jai Yadav — J.P.
- Yousuf Youhana — Yo-Yo, Mo-Yo (Converted to islam and his new name is Mohammad Yousuf)
- Waqar Younis — Wicki, The Burewala Bomber, The Burewala Express
- Nuwan Zoysa — Zippy
