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World Cup

• 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
  David Shepherd – Shep
  Bryan Waddle – Wads

• Players
  A
  Bobby Abel – The Guv’nor
  Jimmy Adams – Padams
  Paul Adams – Gogga (“insect” in Afrikaans), A frog in a blender (for his unusual bowling action)
  Ajit Agarkar – Bombay Duck (for his horror streak of ducks against Australia)
  Jonathan Agnew – Aggers
  Shoaib Akhtar – Rawalpindi Express
  Wasim Akram – Prince of Pakistan, 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, Amarnought
  Surinder Amarnath – Tommy
  Warwick Armstrong – the Big Ship
  Jason Arnberger – Cheesy
  Kamran Akmal – Kammi
  Geoff Arnold – Horse
  Shahid Afridi – The Boom
  Michael Atherton – Athers
• B
  Trevor Bailey – The Boil, Barnacle
  Omari Banks – Bankie, Cowheb
  Richie Benaud – Diamonds
  Tino Best – The Best, Ntini
  Michael Bevan – Bevvo
  Andrew Bichel – Bic
  Jack Blackham – Black Jack
  David Boon – Boonie, Keg on Legs, Stumpy
  Allan Border – A.B., Captain Grumpy
  Ian Botham – Beefy,The Both,Guy
  Mark Boucher – Guinness, Billy
  Nicky Boje – Bodge
  Nathan Bracken – Bracks
  Don Bradman – The Don
  Ian Bell – Belly, the team baby
• C
  Andy Caddick – Caddyshack
  Chris Cairns – B.A. (Bad Attitude)
  Shivnarine Chanderpaul – Tiger
  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
  Colin Cowdrey – Kipper
  Jeff Crowe – Chopper
  Martin Crowe – Hogan
• D
  Adam Dale – Chipper
  Joe Darling – Paddy
  Phillip DeFreitas – Half-Chocolate, Daffy
  Aravinda de Silva – Mad Max
  Fanie de Villiers – Vinnige Fanie (“Fast Fanie” in Afrikaans)
  Kapil Dev – The Haryana Express
  Mahendra Singh Dhoni – Mahi
  Graham Dilley – Pica
  Boeta Dippenaar – Dipps
  Allan Donald – White Lightning
  Brett Dorey – Hunky, John
  J.W.H.T. Douglas – Johnny Won’t Hit Today
  Rahul Dravid – Jammy, The Wall
• E
  Bruce Edgar – Bootsy
• F
  Damien Fleming – Flemo
  Stephen Fleming - Flange
  Duncan Fletcher - Fletch
  Keith Fletcher – The Gnome of Essex
  Andrew Flintoff – Freddy, Twiggy, Fred, family man
  James Foster – The Child
  Graeme Fowler – Foxy
  C. B. Fry – Lord Oxford, Charles III, Almighty
• G
  Saurav Ganguly – Maharaj, Prince of Calcutta, Dada, Bengal Tiger
  Joel Garner – Big Bird
  Sunil Gavaskar – Sunny, The Little Master
  Chris Gayle – Cramps, Crampy
  Herschelle Gibbs – Scooter, The Sack Man
  Adam Gilchrist – Churchy, Gilly, The Demolition Man
  Ashley Giles – Ash, the King of Spain
  Jason Gillespie – Dizzy
  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
• H
  Brad Haddin – BJ, Harry, Guildo
  Richard Hadlee – Paddles
  Andrew Hall – Brosh, Merv, Hally
  Stephen Harmison – Harmy (or Harmi), Tinker, GBH (Grievous Bodily Harmison)
  Chris Harris – Harry, Lugs
  Ian Harvey – Freak
  Nathan Hauritz – Horry
  Matthew Hayden – Haydos, Unit
  Nantie Hayward – Wayward Hayward
  George Headley - 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
  Michael Holding – Whispering Death
  Bob Holland - Dutchy
  Albert 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
• I
  Inzamam ul Haq – Aloo (potato), Inzy
  Bert Ironmonger – Dainty
• J
  Ridley Jacobs – Ras Bell, Riddler
  Sanath Jayasuriya – The Matara Mauler
  Gilbert Jessop – The Croucher
  Dean Jones – Deano, Legend (nickname he gave to himself).
  Sylvester Joseph – Bouncing
• K
  Mohammed Kaif – Kaifu
  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
• L
  Justin Langer – BNG, Brown Nose Gnome, Alf
  Charl Langeveldt - Langes
  Brian Lara – The Prince
  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
  Dennis Lillee – D.K., F.O.T (F*****g Old Tart)
  Denis Lindsay – Sporty
  Clive Lloyd – Super Cat
  David Lloyd – Bumble
  Martin Love – Lovey, Pumper
• M
  Charles Macartney – Governor-General
  Stuart MacGill – Stuey, Magilla
  Ken Mackay – Slasher
  Jimmy Maher – Mahbo
  Ashley Mallett – Rowdy
  Sanjay Manjrekar – Sanj
  Vijay Manjrekar – The Wanderer
  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
  Graham McKenzie – Garth
  Craig McMillan – Macca
  Colin Miller – Funky
  Keith Miller – Nugget
  Tom Moody – Long
  Dave Mohammed – Tadpole
  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)
  Shoaib Malik – Terminator
• N
  Andre Nel – Nella
  Mfuneko Ngam – Chewey (Chewey’N gam)
  Monty Noble – Mary Ann
  Makhaya Ntini - Macky
• O
  Chris Old – Chilly (from C.Old)
  Bill O’Reilly – Tiger
  Kerry O’Keeffe – Skull
• P
  Milford Page – Curly
  Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi – Tiger
  Parthiv Patel – Bachcha (child in Hindi)
  Kevin Pietersen – K.P.
  Graeme Pollock – The Little Dog
  Peter Pollock – The Big Dog
  Shaun Pollock – Polly, Ginger, The Nibbler
  Ricky Ponting – Punter
  Ashwell Prince – Ashy P
• Q
  Abdul Qadir – Qadu
• R
  Carl Rackemann – Mocca
  Venkatapathy Raju – Muscles
  Denesh Ramdin – Shoppy
  Ravi Rampaul – Frisco Kid
  Mark Ramprakash – Bloodaxe
  Ranjitsinhji – Black Prince of Cricketers, Ranji, Smith
  Derek Randall – Arkle
  Yalaka Venugopal Rao – Venu
  Abdul Razzaq - Razzler
  Bruce Reid - Chook
  Paul Reiffel – Pistol
  Dave Renneburg – Big Shine
  Harold Rhodes – Dusty Rhodes
  Vivian Richards – Master Blaster, the Master
  Mark Richardson - Rigor, Rig
  Greg Ritchie – Fat Cat
  Steve Rixon – Stumper
  Jacques Rudolph – Jackie
  Ken Rutherford – Ruds or Rudder
• S
  Mohammed Sami – Salami, The Karachi Express
  Virender Sehwag – Veeru, New Tendulkar
  Paul Sheahan – Timbers
  Bob Simpson - Simmo
  Navjot Singh Sidhu – Sherry, Jonty Singh, Sixer Sidhu
  Matthew Sinclair – Skippy
  Harbhajan Singh – The Turbanator, Bhajji (by team-mates)
  Yuvraj Singh – Yuvi
  Michael Slater – Slats
  Peter Sleep – Sounda
  Sir Aubrey Smith – Round the Corner
  Ian Smith – Stockley
  Graeme Smith – Biff
  Jim Smith – Big Jim
  Martin Snedden – Sneds
  Fred Spofforth – Demon
  Javagal Srinath – Babu
  Keith Stackpole – Stacky
  Brian Statham – George
  Edward Stevens – Lumpy
  Alec Stewart – Wizenedone, Gaffer
  Andrew Strauss - Straussy
  Pieter Strydom - Striker
  Scott Styris – Pig
  Andrew Symonds – Symo, Roy, Golden Bollocks
• T
  Mark Taylor – Tubby
  Sachin Tendulkar – Tendiya, Little Master, The Master Blaster, Slashin Sachin
  Alan Thomson – Froggie
  Jeff Thomson – Two-up
  Graham Thorpe – The Shagger
  Ernie Toshack – The Dark Prince
  Marcus Trescothick – Banger, Tresco
  Fred Trueman – Fiery Fred
  Hugh Trumble – Little Eva
  Daryl Tuffey – Hightower
  Phil Tufnell – The Cat, Tuffers
  Charlie Turner – Terror
  Sohail Tanvir – Pakha
  Frank Tyson – Typhoon
• U
  Shaun Udal – Shaggy
  Derek Underwood – Deadly
• V
  Michael Vaughan – Virgil, Vaughny
  Dilip Vengsarkar – Colonel
  Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan – Venkat
  Daniel Vettori – Lucas, Danny
  Lou Vincent – Flusher
  Maharajkumar of Vizianagram – Vizzy
• W
  Max Walker – Tangles
  Doug Walters – Freddie, Bikki
  Shane Warne – Warney, Hollywood, The Sheikh of Tweak
  Shane Watson – Watto
  Steve Waugh – Tugga, Iceman
  Mark Waugh – Junior, Afghanistan (The forgotten waugh)
  Cameron White – Carn
  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 – The Two W’s, The Sultans of Reverse Swing
  Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell – The Three W’s
• XYZ
  Jai Yadav – J.P.
  Yousuf Youhana – Yo-Yo
  Waqar Younis – Wicki, The Buruwela Bomber

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