Michael Ballack (Germany), Chelsea

Gianluigi Buffon (Italy), Juventus

Iker Casillas (Spain), Real Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Real Madrid

Diego (Brazil), Juventus

Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast), Chelsea

Michael Essien (Ghana), Chelsea

Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), Inter Milan

Steven Gerrard (England), Liverpool

Thierry Henry (France), Barcelona

Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Sweden), Barcelona

Andres Iniesta (Spain), Barcelona

Kaka (Brazil), Real Madrid

Frank Lampard (England), Chelsea

Luis Fabiano (Brazil), Sevilla

Lionel Messi (Argentina), Barcelona

Carles Puyol (Spain), Barcelona

Franck Ribery (France), Bayern Munich

Wayne Rooney (England), Manchester United

John Terry (England), Chelsea

Fernando Torres (Spain), Liverpool

David Villa (Spain), Valencia

Xavi (Spain), Barcelona

Who will win  it ????

• 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