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
West Indian national cricket team – The Windies, The Calypsos
Indian national cricket team – The Men in Blue
Pakistani national cricket team-The Stars
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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