List of nicknames used in cricket

Cricket has a rich tradition of using nicknames. This is a List of nicknames used in international cricket.

Teams

• Australia's 1948 tour of England — The Invincibles
• Australian national cricket team — Baggy Greens, Aussies
• Bangladeshi national cricket team — The Tigers
• New Zealand national cricket team — The Black Caps, The Kiwis
• South African national cricket team — The Proteas, (formerly) The Springboks
• Sri Lankan national cricket team — The Lions, Lion Cubs, The Sirils, The Island Magic
• West Indian national cricket team — The Windies, The Calypsos
• Indian national cricket team — The Men in Blue
• Pakistan national cricket team — The Star
• Canadian national cricket team — One Man Army

Officials, umpires and commentators

• Jonathan Agnew — Aggers
• Harold Bird — Dickie Bird
• Henry Blofeld — Blowers
• Brent Bowden — Billy
• Steve Bucknor — Slow Death,Morgan Freeman
• Bill Ferguson — Fergie
• Bill Frindall — The Bearded Wonder
• Robin Jackman — Jackers
• Brian Johnston — Johnners
• Christopher Martin-Jenkins — CMJ
• Don Mosey — The Alderman
• David Shepherd — Shep
• Bryan Waddle — Wads
• David Lloyd — The Bumble

Supporters

• An organised group of English cricket team supporters — 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 Irish cricket team supporters — The Blarney Army
• An organised group of Australian cricket team supporters — The Fanatics

Players

A

• Shahid Afridi — Boom Boom Afridi, Lala
• Ajit Agarkar — Bombay Duck, 007 (After seven consecutive ducks for India and is from Bombay)
• Mushtaq Ahmed — Mushy
• Shoaib Akhtar — The Rawalpindi Express
• Wasim Akram — Waz, Sultan of the Swing
• Michael Atherton — FEC Future England Captain ( during his time at Fenners, Cambridge University or afterwards unkindly as F***ing Educated C**t), Captain Grumpy, The Cockroach

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[1]
• Tino Best — The Best, Ntini
• Michael Bevan — Bevvo
• Andrew Bichel — Bic, Andy
• Rosalie Birch — Cheesy
• Travis Birt — Edgar
• 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, Andy G
• Don Bradman — The Don
• Mike Brearley — Plank
• Mark Butcher — Butch

C

• Andrew Caddick — Caddyshack, Wingnut
• Chris Cairns — B.A. (Bad Attitude) Cairnsey
• Shivnarine Chanderpaul — Tiger, Shiv
• Ian Chappell — Chapelli
• Ewen Chatfield — Chats, Farmer (Mer) or The Naenae Express
• Stuart Clark — Sarfraz, Stu
• Wayne Clark — Dunny (initials are W.C.)
• Michael Clarke — Pup, Clarkey
• Paul Collingwood — Nice Ginger, Colly, Hard Man
• Herbie Collins — Horseshoe
• Corey Collymore — Screw
• Jeremy Coney — Mantis
• Bevan Congdon — Congo
• Alastair Cook — Cooky, Chef
• 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
• Craig Cumming — Sid (after rugby player Sid Going)

D

• Adam Dale — Chipper (from Chip and Dale)
• Mark Dale — Arth, Arthur
• Joe Darling — Paddy
• Heath Davis — Raven (from "stark ravin' mad)
• Phillip DeFreitas — Daffy
• Aravinda de Silva — Mad Max, Ara
• Abraham de Villiers — A.B
• Fanie de Villiers — Vinnige Fanie ("Fast Fanie" in Afrikaans)
• Kapil Dev — The Haryana Hurricane, Paaji
• Ted Dexter — Lord Ted, Malcolm Devon
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni — Mahi, Bhajji's Buddy
• Graham Dilley — Pica
• Boeta Dippenaar — Dipps, Hendrick
• Michael Di Venuto — Diva
• Basil D'Oliveira — Dolly, Bas
• Allan Donald — White Lightning, AD
• Brett Dorey — Hunky, John, Behemoth
• J.W.H.T. Douglas — Johnny Won't Hit Today
• Rahul Dravid — The Indian Wall, The Wall, The Great Wall of India, The LC, Mr. Dependable, Mr. Consistent, Mr. Reliable
• Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji — Duleep, Mr Smith

E

• Bruce Edgar — Bootsy
• Matthew Elliot — Herb
• Sean Ervine — Slug, Siuc

F

• Damien Fleming — Flemo
• Stephen Fleming — Flange
• Duncan Fletcher — Fletch
• Keith Fletcher — The Gnome of Essex
• Andrew Flintoff — Freddie (with reference to Fred Flintstone), SuperFred, Twiggy, Fred, family man, Mr. InFredible [2], Fredalo
• James Foster — The Child
• Graeme Fowler — Foxy
• James Franklin — Jimmy
• C. B. Fry — Lord Oxford, Charles III, Almighty LOL
• Peter Fulton — Two-metre Peter (at 6' 8", Fulton is one of the tallest test players ever)

G

• Sourav Ganguly — Maharaj, Prince of Calcutta, Dada, Lord Snooty, Bengal Tiger
• Joel Garner — Big Bird
• Mike Gatting — Fat Gatt, Branston, Einstein, Pie
• Sunil Gavaskar — Sunny, The Little Master
• Chris Gayle — Cramps, Crampy, Mr Cool, CG(by Carlton Baugh)
• Herschelle Gibbs — Scooter, The Sack Man
• Adam Gilchrist — Church, Gilchurch, Gilly, The Demolition Man
• Ashley Giles — Ash, the King of Spain, Gilo, Wheelie Bin
• Jason Gillespie — Dizzy (after jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie), Gypo
• Graham Gooch — Zap, 'Rugrat'
• Darren Gough — Rhino, Goughy, Dazzler, Dancing Darren
• E. M. Grace — The Coroner
• W.G. Grace — The Doctor, WG
• Mark Greatbatch — Paddy, Scones
• Clarrie Grimmett — The Old Fox, Grum, Gnome
• Subhash Gupte — Fergie
• Asanka Gurusinha — Gura

H

• Brad Haddin — BJ, Harry, Guildo
• Richard Hadlee — Paddles
• Andrew Hall — Brosh, Merv, Hally
• Harbhajan Singh —The Turbanator, Bhajji, (by team-mates) Spin Master
• Stephen Harmison — Harmy (or Harmi), Tinker, GBH (Grievous Bodily Harmison to the Barmy Army, home sickness), Gummy (due to absence of wisdom teeth)
• Chris Harris — Harry, Lugs
• Chris Hartley — Hannibal
• Ian Harvey — The 'Freak'
• Shane Harwood — Stickers
• Nathan Hauritz — Horry
• Matthew Hayden — Haydos, Unit, Big Fish [3]
• Nantie Hayward — Wayward Hayward
• George Headley — Atlas,Black Bradman
• Ian Healy — Heals
• Hunter Hendry — Stork
• Ben Hilfenhaus — Hilfy
• Paul Hitchcock — Alfred
• Jack Hobbs — The Master
• Brad Hodge — Hodgey, Dodgeball
• Brad Hogg— George, Hoggy, The Postman
• Matthew Hoggard — Hoggy, Shrek, Smudger, Th'Hoggster, The Hogg
• Michael Holding — Whispering Death, Mikey (Sky Sports nickname)
• 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), poppadom fingers (due to the amount of broken digits)
• Michael Hussey — The Huss, Mr Cricket, The New Bradman

I

• Inzamam-ul-Haq — Inzy, The Big Man, The Sultan of Multan, Aaloo (potato)
• Bert Ironmonger — Dainty

J

• Ridley Jacobs — Ras Bell, Riddler
• Phil Jacques — Rolf, Pro
• Sanath Jayasuriya — The Master Blaster, Sana, The Matara Mauler (Matara is his hometown)
• Gilbert Jessop — The Croucher
• Mitchell Johnson — Midge
• Dean Jones — Deano, Legend (nickname he gave to himself).
• Sylvester Joseph — Bouncing
• Ed Joyce — Joycer, Spud
• Geraint Jones — Jones the Gloves according to Wales' Western Mail paper, GoJo
• Simon Jones — Jones the Ball according to Wales' Western Mail paper

K

• Mohammed Kaif — Kaifu, Kaiffi
• Rohan Kanhai — Baboolall
• Jacques Kallis — Kalahari, Jackes
• Danish Kaneria — Danny boy
• Michael Kasprowicz — Kasper
• Simon Katich — Stiffler, Kat, 'Katshit'
• Justin Kemp — Daryll (Shane Warne's sledging)
• Robert Key — Bob
• Imran Khan — The Lion of Lahore, The King of Swing, The Lion of Pakistan, Most Favourite son of Pakistan
• Zaheer Khan — Zak
• Michael Klinger — Maxy
• Lance Klusener — Zulu
• Anil Kumble — Jumbo, Kumbles, The smiling assassin
• Gary Kirsten — Gazza
• Romesh Kaluwitharana — The Little Dynamo, Little Kalu, The Little Dynamite

L

• Justin Langer — Alf, Alfie (After Australian Rugby League player Allan Langer), Brown Nose Gnome, BNG
• Charl Langeveldt — Langes
• Brian Lara — The Prince, The Prince of Port of Spain'
• Gavin Larsen — The Postman (apparently he always delivered!)

• Bill Lawry — Phantom, Phanta, The corpse with pads on (he loved Phantom comics)
• Geoff Lawson — Henry
• VVS Laxman — Very Very Special
• Brett Lee — Bing, Binga, Oswald
• Warren Lees — Wally
• Darren Lehmann — Boof, Shrek
• Henry Leveson-Gower — Shrimp
• Jon Lewis — Lewy
• Mick Lewis — Billy, '113
• Dennis Lillee — D.K., The Menace, F.O.T
• Denis Lindsay — Sporty
• Clive Lloyd — Super Cat
• David Lloyd — Bumble
• Martin Love — Lovey, Pumper
• Allan Lamb — Lamby, Legga

M

• Charles Macartney — Governor-General
• Stuart MacGill — Stuey, Macca, Magilla
• Ken Mackay — Slasher
• Jimmy Maher — Mahbo
• Khalid Mahmood — The Baby
• Sajid Mahmood — Saj, King
• Shoaib Malik — Terminator
• Lasith Malinga — Slinga Malinga, The Pocket Rocket
• 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)
• Khaled Mashud — Pilot
• Greg Matthews — Mo
• Glenn McGrath — Pigeon, The Metronome,Ooh Ahh (Glenn McGrath) Millard (Brand of caravan; he lived in a caravan when he first moved to Sydney)
• Brendon McCullum — Baz
• Graham McKenzie — Garth
• Brian McMillan — Big Mac
• Craig McMillan — Macca
• Colin Miller — Funky
• Keith Miller — Nugget
• Tom Moody — Long
• Dave Mohammed — Tadpole[4]
• Danny Morrison — Deke, The Duckman / Duckman Dan (due to the number of ducks he got), Steely according to his web site [www.dannymorrisonpromotions.com]
• John Morrison — Mystery
• Mashrafe Mortaza — The Narail Express
• Runako Morton — Ronnie
• Muttiah Muralitharan — The Smiling Assassin, Murali, MuMu, The Lord of the Spin,Kandy Man, The Spin Wizard
• Saqlain Mushtaq — Saqi, Professor (wears glasses and outsmarts the batsman)

N

• Andre Nel — Nella; Gunter
• Mfuneko Ngam — Chewey (Chewey'N gam), Black Thunder (Allan Donald is called White Lightning)
• Paul Nixon — Badger, Nico
• Monty Noble — Mary Ann
• Marcus North — Snork
• Makhaya Ntini — Macky; George (Curious George)

O

• Chris Old — Chilly (from C.Old)
• Kerry O'Keeffe — Skull
• Bill O'Reilly — Tiger
• Thomas Odoyo The Black Botham

P

• Milford Page — Curly
• Monty Panesar — The Mont-ster, Python, Sardar-Jee, The Sikh of Tweak, Parmesan Tony (anagram), Bow'mont,The Turbanator
• Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi — Tiger
• Jeetan Patel — Dave
• Parthiv Patel — Bachcha (child in Hindi)
• Kevin Pietersen — K.P., Kelvin, Kelv, Kapes, The Big Show, (The) Ego, FIGJAM
• Liam Plunkett — Pudsy, The Kid
• Graeme Pollock — The Little Dog
• Peter Pollock — The Big Dog
• Shaun Pollock — Polly, Ginger, The Nibbler
• Ricky Ponting — Punter, Chinaman
• Ashwell Prince — Ashy P
• Matthew Prior — P. Matthew, MP, The Cheese, 'Cheese', 'Cheesey', 'Mr Cheese', 'Cheesebox'
• Munaf Patel — Lagaan, Lagaan Bhai,
• Irfan Pathan— Chotta Wasim bhai,

Q

• Abdul Qadir — Qadu

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, Rags
• Yalaka Venugopal Rao — Venu
• Abdul Razzaq — Razzler, Popeye[5]
• Bruce Reid — Chook ,Thin Ball Pencil
• Paul Reiffel — Pistol
• David Renneberg — Big Shine
• Harold Rhodes — Dusty Rhodes
• Jonty Rhodes — The Maritzburg Mamba
• Vivian Richards — Master Blaster, the Master, Viv, King Viv
• Mark Richardson — Rigor, Rig (from "rigor mortis" describing his fielding and running ability)
• Greg Ritchie — Fat Cat
• Steve Rixon — Stumper
• R. C. Robertson-Glasgow — Crusoe
• Chris Rogers — Bucky
• Jacques Rudolph — Jackie
• Ken Rutherford — Ruds or Rudder
• Arjuna Ranatunga — Captain Cool

S

• Marlon Samuels — Elegance, Sagabwoy
• Mohammed Sami — Salami, The Karachi Express
• Kumar Sangakkara — Sanga
• Ramnaresh Sarwan — Sars, Ronnie
• Virender Sehwag — Viru, Prince of Najafgarh, Sultan of Multan
• Paul Sheahan — Timbers
• Ravi Shastri — Shaz
• Ryan Sidebottom — Sidey
• 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 — Judgey
• 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, Levi, Muppet, Johann (after Johann Strauss), Mare Man [6], Wing Commander Strauss
• Pieter Strydom — Striker
• Scott Styris — Pig, Pigdog
• Pat Symcox — Symmo
• Andrew Symonds — Symo, Roy, Golden Bollocks, Monkey
• Sree Santh — Sree
• Ishant Sharma — Ishu, Lambu(in hindi)for his height more than 6.5feet

T

• Shaun Tait — Sloon, Slinger
• Mark Taylor — Tubby, Tails
• Ross Taylor — Roscoe
• Sachin Tendulkar — Tendlya, Little Master, The Master Blaster,The Bombay Bomber , King of the kings
• Alan Thomson — Froggie
• Jeff Thomson — Two-up, Thommo
• Graham Thorpe — The Shagger, Thorpey
• Ernie Toshack — The Dark Prince
• Chris Tremlett — Twiggy
• Marcus Trescothick — Banger, Tresco, Elvis (Elvis Prez Trez), Stresscothick (After leaving 06/07 ashes tour)
• Fred Trueman — Fiery Fred
• Hugh Trumble — Little Eva
• Daryl Tuffey — Hightower
• Phil Tufnell — Two Sugars, The Cat, Tuffers, in retirement King of the Jungle for winning I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
• Charlie Turner — Terror
• Frank Tyson — Typhoon

U

• Shaun Udal — Shaggy, Nice Shags
• Derek Underwood — Deadly

V

• Michael Vaughan — Virgil, Vaughny, Frankie
• Dilip Vengsarkar — Colonel
• Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan — Venkat, Rhubarb, Rentawagon
• Daniel Vettori — Lucas, Danny, Jeff, Spod
• Lou Vincent — Flusher, The Chin
• Gundappa Viswanath — Vishy
• Maharajkumar of Vizianagram — Vizzy'
• Adam Voges — Vogesy

W

• Max Walker — Tangles
• Doug Walters — Freddie, Bikki
• Shane Warne — Warney, Hollywood, The Sheikh of Tweak, Warna
• Shane Watson — Watto, Will, Carson
• Steve Waugh — Tugga, Iceman,Waugh-drobe (pronounced as 'War-drobe')
• Mark Waugh — Junior (two minutes younger to his twin brother Steve Waugh), Afghanistan (The forgotten Waugh)
• Cameron White — Bear, Carn, Cam, The Goat
• 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
• Waqar Younis The Burewala Bomber

Y

• 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

Z

• Nuwan Zoysa — Zippy

See also

• List of cricket terms