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
- Australian national cricket team — The Baggy Greens[1]
- 1948 tour of England — The Invincibles[2]
- Bangladesh Cricket Team —The Tigers [3]
- India national cricket team — The Blue Tigers,[4] Men in Blue, The Blues[5]
- Ireland Cricket team — Green and Whites, Men in Green[6]
- Nepal national cricket team — The Gorkhas, The Rhinos
- New Zealand national cricket team — The Black Caps, Kiwis[7]
- Pakistan national cricket team — Green Shirts, The Shaheens,[8]
- South African national cricket team — The Proteas[9]
- Sri Lankan national cricket team — The Lions[10]
- West Indian national cricket team — The Windies
- 1970s to 1990- The Mighty West Indies[11]
- Zimbabwe national cricket team — The Chevrons[12]
Officials, umpires and commentators
- Jonathan Agnew — Spiro, Aggers[13]
- Harold Bird — Dickie Bird[14]
- Henry Blofeld — Blowers[15]
- Billy Bowden — Billy[16]
- Steve Bucknor — Slow Death Bucknor[17]
- Bill Frindall — Bearded Wonder, Bearders[18]
- Robin Jackman — Jackers[19]
- Brian Johnston — Johnners[20]
- Mpumelelo Mbangwa — Pommie[21]
- Christopher Martin-Jenkins — CMJ[22]
- Don Mosey — The Alderman[23]
- Ashish Nehra — Nehra Ji[24]
- David Shepherd — Shep[25]
- Alan Wilkins — Wilko[26]
Supporters
- An organised group of Australian cricket team supporters — The Fanatics[27]
- An organised group of English cricket team supporters — Barmy Army[27]
- An organised group of Irish cricket team supporters ― Blarney Army[28][29]
- An organised group of New Zealand cricket team supporters — The Beige Brigade[30]
- An organised group of Indian cricket team supporters — Swami Army[31] or Bharat Army[27]
Players
Following is arranged according to last names.
A
- Shahid Afridi — Boom Boom Afridi, Lala, Bhai Bhai[32]
- Mushtaq Ahmed — Mushie, Jaadugar[33]
- Saeed Ajmal — The Magician, Saeed Bhai[34]
- Shoaib Akhtar — Rawalpindi Express[35]
- Wasim Akram — Sultan of Swing
- James Anderson — The Burnley Lara,[36]
- Warwick Armstrong — Big Ship[37]
- Mohammad Ashraful — Matin[38]
- Mike Atherton — Athers,[39] FEC,[40] Cockroach,[41] Dready,[42] Iron Mike[43]
B
- Trevor Bailey — The Boil, Barnacle[44]
- Omari Banks — Bankie[45]
- Eddie Barlow — Bunter[citation needed]
- Gareth Batty — Boris, Nora[46]
- Michael Beer — Frothy[47]
- Ian Bell — Belly,[48] The Sherminator[49]
- Richie Benaud — Diamonds[50]
- Travis Birt — Edgar[51]
- Allan Border — AB, Captain Grumpy[52]
- Ian Botham — Beefy[32]
- Geoffrey Boycott — Fiery,[53] Boycs,[53] Thatch[53]
- Don Bradman — The Don
- Mike Brearley — Brears,[54] Scagg[54]
- Stuart Broad — Westlife[55]
- Katherine Brunt — Brunty, Nunny[56]
- Mark Butcher — Butch[57]
C
- Andy Caddick — Des, Shack, Wingnut[58]
- Ian Chappell — Chappelli[59]
- Michael Clarke — Pup[60] Clarkey[60]
- Alastair Cook — Chef, Captain Cook[61]
- Mark Cosgrove — Cossy,[62] Baby-Boof[63]
- John Crawley — Creepy[64]
- Kate Cross — Crossy[56]
- Martin Crowe — Hogan[65]
D
- Nida Dar — Lady Boom Boom[66]
- Phillip DeFreitas — Daffy[67]
- Aravinda de Silva -Mad Max
- AB de Villiers — AB, ABD, The superman, Mr. 360 Degree[68]
- Kapil Dev — The Haryana Hurricane[69]
- Ted Dexter — Lord Ted[70]
- Shikhar Dhawan — Gabbar[71]
- MS Dhoni — MS, Thala, MSD, Mahi, Captain Cool, The Finisher[72][73]
- Graham Dilley — Pica,[74] Dill[74]
- Michael Di Venuto — Diva[75]
- Basil D'Oliveira — Dolly,[76] Bas[76]
- Allan Donald — White Lightning[77]
- Brett Dorey — Behemoth[78]
- J.W.H.T. Douglas — Johnny Won't Hit Today[79]
- Rahul Dravid — The Wall[80]
- Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji — Duleep[81] Mr Smith[81]
E
- Charlotte Edwards — Lottie, Chief[56]
- Fidel Edwards — Castro[82]
- Matthew Elliott — Herb[83]
- Sean Ervine — Slug,[84] Siuc[84]
F
- Imran Farhat — Romi[85]
- James Faulkner — The Finisher[86]
- Steve Finn — The Watford Wall[32]
- Andrew Flintoff — Freddie[87]
- Peter Fulton — Two-metre Peter[32]
G
- Gautam Gambhir — Gauti[32]
- Sourav Ganguly — God of Offside, Dada[88]
- Joel Garner — Big Bird[32]
- Mike Gatting — Fat Gatt[89]
- Sunil Gavaskar — Little master, Sunny
- Chris Gayle — World Boss, Mr.T20,[90] Universe Boss,[91]
- Herschelle Gibbs — Scooter[32]
- Adam Gilchrist — Gilly,[92] Churchy[92]
- Ashley Giles — Gilo, Skinny, Splash, The King of Spain,[93] Wheelie Bin[94]
- Jason Gillespie — Dizzy[32]
- David Gower — Stoat[95]
- W.G.Grace — W.G., The Doctor, The Old Man, The Champion
- Rebecca Grundy — Grunners, Carol[56]
- Umar Gul — Guldozer[96]
- Asanka Gurusinha — Gura[97]
H
- Brad Haddin — BJ, Hadds[98]
- Richard Hadlee — Paddles[99]
- Mohammad Hafeez- Professor, Professor of Sargodha[100]
- Alex Hales — Baz[101]
- Stephen Harmison — Harmy,[102] GBH (Grievous Bodily Harmison)[103]
- Chris Harris — Lugs[104]
- Ryan Harris — Ryano[105]
- Chris Hartley — Hannibal[106]
- Ian Harvey — Harvs, The Freak[107]
- Shane Harwood — Stickers[83][108]
- John Hastings — The Duke[109][110][111]
- Nathan Hauritz — Ritzy[112]
- Matthew Hayden — Haydos,[113] Big Fish[113]
- George Headley — Black Bradman[114]
- Alyssa Healy — Midge[115]
- Hunter Hendry — Stork[116]
- Ben Hilfenhaus — Hilfy[117]
- Jack Hobbs — The Master[118]
- Brad Hodge — Hodgey, Dodgeball[119]
- Matthew Hoggard — Oggie[120]
- Michael Holding — Whispering Death[121]
- James Hopes — Catfish[83][122]
- A N Hornby — Monkey, The Boss[123]
- Merv Hughes — Fruitfly[124]
- Nasser Hussain — Nashwan[125]
- David Hussey — Huss, Bomber, Junior Mr. Cricket[126]
- Michael Hussey — Mr Cricket,[127] Huss[128]
I
- Inzamam-ul-Haq — Inzi[129]
- Bert Ironmonger — Dainty[130]
- Tamim Iqbal - Dot Baba[131]
J
- Ravindra Jadeja — Jaddu, Sir Jadeja, Rockstar [132]
- Sanath Jayasuriya — Matara Mauler, Master Blaster, Sana[133][134]
- Mitchell Johnson — Midge, Notch[135]
K
- Mohammad Kaif — Kaifu[136]
- Romesh Kaluwitharana — Little Kalu, Little Dynamite[137][138]
- Danish Kaneria — Nani-Danny[139]
- Chamara Kapugedera — Kapu[140]
- Michael Kasprowicz — Kasper[141]
- Simon Katich — Kat[142]
- Justin Kemp — Kempie[143]
- Robert Key — Keysy[144]
- Zaheer Khan — Zak[145]
- Michael Klinger — Maxy[146]
- Heather Knight — Trev[56]
- Virat Kohli — Cheeku, King Kohli[147]
- Nuwan Kulasekara — Kule[citation needed]
- Anil Kumble — Jumbo[32]
L
- Justin Langer — Alfie, JL[148]
- Meg Lanning — Megastar,[149] Serious Sally[150]
- Gavin Larsen — The Postman[32]
- V V S Laxman — Very Very Special[151]
- Bill Lawry — Phantom[32]
- Darren Lehmann — Boof[83][152]
- Brett Lee — Bing, Binga, The Speedster,[153]
- H. D. G. Leveson Gower — Shrimp[154]
- Dennis Lillee — FOT[155]
- Clive Lloyd — Super Cat[156]
- David Lloyd — Bumble[157]'
- Chris Lynn — Lynnsanity
- Nathan Lyon — G.O.A.T, Garry, Gazza
M
- Charles Macartney — Governor-General[158]
- Stuart MacGill — Mac, Magilla[159]
- Ken Mackay — Slasher[160]
- Farveez Maharoof — Fara[161]
- Jimmy Maher — Mahbo[83]
- Sajid Mahmood — Saj,[162] King[162]
- Lasith Malinga — Malinga The Slinga[32]
- Ashley Mallett — Rowdy[163]
- Vic Marks — Skid,[164] Speedy[164]
- Charles Marriott — Father Marriott[165]
- Mitchell Marsh — Bison[166]
- Geoff Marsh — Swampy[167]
- Rod Marsh — Iron Gloves,[168] Bacchus[168]
- Shaun Marsh — SOS[169]
- Frederick Martin — Nutty[170]
- Damien Martyn — Marto[171]
- Lloyd Mash — Bangers[172]
- Khaled Mashud — Pilot[173]
- Angelo Mathews — Angie, Superman, Jocka[174]
- Greg Matthews — Mo[175]
- Glenn Maxwell — Big Show[176]
- Bryce McGain — McGoo
- Glenn McGrath — Pigeon,[177] Millard[177]
- Graham McKenzie — Garth[178]
- Brian McMillan — Big Mac[179]
- Craig McMillan — Macca[180]
- Colin Miller — Funky[181]
- Keith Miller — Nugget[182]
- Misbah-ul-Haq — Lone warrior,[183] Quaid-e-tuk tuk, Man of Crisis[184]
- Dave Mohammed — Tadpole[185]
- John Morrison — Mystery[186]
- Mashrafe Mortaza — Koushik[187]
- Muttiah Muralitharan — Murali[188]
- Tim Murtagh — Dial M[189][190]
- Phil Mustard — (The) Colonel[191]
N
- André Nel — Nella, Gunther[192]
- Mfuneko Ngam — Chew[193]
- Paul Nixon — Badger,[194] Nico[194]
- Monty Noble — Mary Ann[195]
- Ashley Noffke — Noffers[196]
- Marcus North — Snork[197]
- Makhaya Ntini — George, Mdingi Express[198]
O
- Iain O'Brien — Ober[199]
- Chris Old — Chilly[200]
- Kerry O'Keeffe — Skull[201]
- Bill O'Reilly — Tiger[202]
P
- Milford Page — Curly[203]
- Monty Panesar — The Mont-ster,[204] Python,[204] The Beard to be Feared,[204] The Sikh of Tweak[205]
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi — Tiger[206]
- Jeetan Patel — Dave[207]
- Ellyse Perry — Pez[208]
- Kevin Pietersen — K.P.,[209] Kelvin,[209] Kelv,[209] Kapes[209]
- Liam Plunkett — Pudsy[210]
- Peter Pollock — Pooch, The Big Dog[211]
- Ricky Ponting — Punter[212]
- Matt Prior — The Cheese[213]
R
- Mustafizur Rahman — Fizz[214]
- Suresh Raina — Mr. IPL, Chinna Thala [215]
- Mark Ramprakash — Ramps[216]
- Arjuna Ranatunga — Captain Cool[217]
- Derek Randall — Arkle, Rags[218]
- Abdul Razzaq — The Razzler, Bang Bang Razzaq[219][220][221][222]
- Vivian Richards — Smokin Joe, Smokey, King Viv, The Emperor, The Master Blaster [citation needed]
- Greg Ritchie — Fat Cat[223]
S
- Virender Sehwag — Viru, Nawab of Najafgarh,[224]
- Rohit Sharma — Hit-Man, Shana, 264[225]
- Sandeep Sharma — Sandy[226]
- Peter Siddle — Sid Vicious [citation needed]
- Harbhajan Singh — Bhajji, Turbanator[227]
- Mandeep Singh — Mandy[228]
- Yuvraj Singh —Yuvi, Prince [229]
- Steve Smith — Smithy, Smudge[230]
- Alec Stewart — The Gaffer[231]
- Andrew Strauss — Lord Brocket, Straussy, Levi, Muppet, Johann, Mare Man[232]
T
- Mark Taylor — Tubby[233]
- Ross Taylor — Rosco, Pallekelle Plunderer[234]
- Sachin Tendulkar — The God of Cricket, Master Blaster, Bombay Bomber, Tendlya[235][236][237]
- Jeff Thomson — Thommo[238]
- Marcus Trescothick — Tresco, Banger[239]
- Fred Trueman — Fiery[240]
- Phil Tufnell — Tuffers, The Cat[citation needed]
- Frank Tyson - Typhoon
V
W
- Max Walker — Tangles[241]
- Mark Waugh — Afghan - the forgotten Waugh, Junior[242]
- Steve Waugh — Tugga [citation needed]
- Lauren Winfield – Loz[56]
- Chris Woakes — Wizard[citation needed]
- Danni Wyatt — Waggy[56]
Y
- Bruce Yardley — Roo[243]
Z
- Monde Zondeki — All Hands [244]
See also
- List of cricket terms
- Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia
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