List of nicknames used in cricket

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

National teams

Officials, umpires and commentators

• Jonathan Agnew – Spiro, Aggers
• Harold Bird – Dickie
• Henry Blofeld – Blowers
• Billy Bowden – Billy
• Steve Bucknor – Slow Death Bucknor
• Bill Frindall – Bearded Wonder, Bearders
• Robin Jackman – Jackers
• Brian Johnston – Johnners
• Mpumelelo Mbangwa – Pommie
• Christopher Martin-Jenkins – CMJ
• Don Mosey – The Alderman
• Ashish Nehra – Nehra Ji
• David Shepherd – Shep
• Alan Wilkins – Wilko

Supporters

• An organised group of Australian cricket team supporters – The Fanatics
• An organised group of English cricket team supporters – Barmy Army
• An organised group of Irish cricket team supporters ― Blarney Army
• An organised group of New Zealand cricket team supporters – The Beige Brigade
• An organised group of Indian cricket team supporters – Bharat Army

Players

The following is arranged by last name.

A

• Paul Adams – Gogga (Afrikaans nickname, which means 'insect')
• Shahid Afridi – Boom Boom Afridi, Lala
• Ajit Agarkar Bombay Duck
• Jonathan Agnew – Aggers, Spiro
• Mushtaq Ahmed – Mushie, Jaadugar
• Saeed Ajmal – The Magician, Saeed Bhai
• Shoaib Akhtar – Rawalpindi Express
• Terry Alderman – The Smiling Assassin, Clem (after Clem Jones, alderman and mayor of Brisbane, curator of The Gabba)
• Mohinder Amarnath Jimmy, Mr. Amarnought
• James Anderson – The Burnley Lara, The Burnley Express
• Warwick Armstrong – Big Ship
• Geoff Arnold – Horse
• Mohammad Ashraful – Matin
• Ravichandran Ashwin – Ash, Anna
• Mike Atherton – Athers, FEC, Cockroach, Dready, Iron Mike

B

• Trevor Bailey – The Boil, Barnacle
• David Bairstow – Bluey
• Jonny Bairstow – YJB
• Omari Banks – Bankie
• Eddie Barlow – Bunter
• Gareth Batty – Boris, Nora
• Michael Beer – Frothy
• Ian Bell – Belly, The Sherminator
• Richie Benaud – Diamonds
• Travis Birt – Edgar * Ian Bishop – Bish
• Allan Border – AB, Captain Grumpy
• Ian Botham – Beefy , Guy the Gorilla
• Geoffrey Boycott – Fiery, Boycs, Thatch
• Don Bradman – The Don
• Dwayne Bravo – DJ
• Mike Brearley – Brears, Scagg
• Stuart Broad – Westlife
• Katherine Brunt – Brunty, Nunny
• Jasprit Bumrah – Boom
• Ces Burke – Burglar
• Mark Butcher – Butch, Baz

C

• Andy Caddick – Des, Shack, Wingnut
• Yuzvendra Chahal – Yuzi
• Harry Cave – Caveman
• Shivnarine Chanderpaul – Tiger, Tigerpaul The Chanderwall
• Greg Chappell Chappello
• Ian Chappell – Chappelli
• Roston Chase – Youngross
• Dan Christian – Dan the Man
• Michael Clarke – Pup, Clarkey
• Herbie Collins – Horseshoe
• Learie Constantine – Electric Heels
• Alastair Cook – Chef, Captain Cook
• Mark Cosgrove – Cossy, Baby-Boof
• Jack Cowie – Bull
• John Crawley – Creepy
• Fen Cresswell – Ferret
• Colin Croft – Bomber
• Kate Cross – Crossy
• Martin Crowe – Hogan
• Pat Cummins – Patto, Cummo

D

• Nida Dar – Lady Boom Boom
• Ian Davis – Wizard
• A. B. de Villiers – ABD, Mr. 360°
• Phillip DeFreitas – Daffy (named after the Looney Tunes character with the same name)
• Peter Denning – Dasher
• Narsingh Deonarine- Ringo
• Kapil Dev – The Haryana Hurricane
• Ted Dexter – Lord Ted
• Shikhar Dhawan – Gabbar
• M. S. Dhoni – Thala, MSD, Mahi, Captain Cool
• Michael Di Venuto – Diva
• Graham Dilley – Pica, Dill
• Basil D'Oliveira – Dolly, Bas
• Allan Donald – White Lightning
• Martin Donnelly – Squib
• Brett Dorey – Behemoth
• Deandra Dottin – World Boss
• J. W. H. T. Douglas – Johnny Won't Hit Today
• Rahul Dravid – The Wall, Jammy
• Mignon du Preez – Minx
• K. S. Duleepsinhji – Duleep Mr Smith
• Sophia Dunkley – Dunks

E

• Phil Edmonds – Goat, Henry
• Charlotte Edwards – Lottie, Chief
• Fidel Edwards – Castro
• Matthew Elliott – Herb
• John Emburey – Embers, Ernie, Knuckle
• Farokh Engineer – Rooky, Brylcreem Boy, Dikra Farookh
• Sean Ervine – Slug, Siuc

F

• Imran Farhat – Romi
• James Faulkner – The Finisher
• Steven Finn – The Watford Wall
• Damien Fleming – Bowlologist
• Andre Fletcher – The Spice Man
• Andrew Flintoff – Freddie
• Graeme Fowler – Foxy
• Peter Fulton – Two-metre Peter

G

• Gautam Gambhir – Gauti
• Sourav Ganguly – Prince of Kolkata, God of Offside, Dada
• Joel Garner – Big Bird
• Mike Gatting – Fat Gatt
• Chris Gayle – Gayleforce, Gaylestorm, World Boss T20 Boss, Mr. T20, Universe Boss,
• Herschelle Gibbs – Scooter
• Eddie Gilbert – Fast Eddie
• Adam Gilchrist – Gilly, Churchy
• Ashley Giles – Gilo, Skinny, Splash, The King of Spain, Wheelie Bin
• Jason Gillespie – Dizzy
• David Gower – Stoat
• W. G. Grace – W. G., The Doctor (a nickname also used for Dwayne Smith)
• Rebecca Grundy – Grunners, Carol
• Umar Gul – Guldozer
• Asanka Gurusinha – Gura

H

• Brad Haddin – BJ, Hadds
• Richard Hadlee – Paddles
• Walter Hadlee – Skip
• Mohammad Hafeez – Professor, Professor of Sargodha
• Alex Hales – Baz
• Haseeb Hameed – Baby Boycott
• Steve Harmison – Harmy, GBH (Grievous Bodily Harmison)
• Chris Harris – Lugs
• M J Harris – Pasty
• Ryan Harris – Ryano
• Chris Hartley – Hannibal
• Ian Harvey – Harvs, The Freak
• Shane Harwood – Stickers
• John Hastings – The Duke
• Nathan Hauritz – Ritzy
• Matthew Hayden – Haydos, Big Fish
• Johnny Hayes – Haybags
• Rachael Haynes – Des, Dessie
• George Headley – The Black Bradman
• Alyssa Healy – Midge
• Hunter Hendry – Stork
• Shimron Hetmyer – Hetty
• Ben Hilfenhaus – Hilfy
• Jack Hobbs – The Master
• Brad Hodge – Hodgey, Dodgeball
• Matthew Hoggard – Oggie
• Michael Holding – Whispering Death
• James Hopes – Catfish
• A. N. Hornby – Monkey, The Boss
• Merv Hughes – Fruitfly
• Nasser Hussain – Nashwan
• David Hussey – Huss, Bomber, Junior Mr. Cricket
• Michael Hussey – Mr Cricket, Huss

I

• Ian Bradshaw – Carrie
• Inzamam-ul-Haq – Inzi
• Ironmonger – Dainty

J

• Ravindra Jadeja – Jaddu
• Phil Jaques – Pro
• Douglas Jardine – The Iron Duke
• Sanath Jayasuriya – Matara Mauler
• Mahela Jayawardene – Maiya
• Gilbert Jessop – The Croucher
• Mitchell Johnson – Midge, Notch
• Jess Jonassen – JJ
• Ernie Jones – Jonah
• Simon Jones – Horse

K

• Mohammad Kaif – Kaifu

• Ishan Kishan– Pocket dynamite
• Romesh Kaluwitharana – Little Kalu, Little Dynamite
• Danish Kaneria – Nani-Danny
• Marizanne Kapp – Kappie
• Chamara Kapugedera – Kapu
• Dinesh Karthik – DK
• Michael Kasprowicz – Kasper
• Simon Katich – Kat
• Justin Kemp – Kempie
• Rob Key – Keysy
• Imran Khan – The Lion of Lahore
• Zaheer Khan – Zak
• Usman Khawaja – Uzzie, Captain Grumpy
• Delissa Kimmince – DK
• Michael Klinger – Maxy
• Lance Klusener – Zulu
• Heather Knight – Trev
• Alan Knott – Knotty, Flea
• Virat Kohli – Cheeku, King Kohli
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar – Bhuvi
• Anil Kumble – Apple, Jumbo

L

• Allan Lamb – Legga, Lambie
• Justin Langer – Alfie, JL
• Meg Lanning – Megastar, Serious Sally
• Brian Lara – The Prince of Port of Spain
• Gavin Larsen – The Postman
• Bill Lawry – Phantom
• Geoff Lawson – Henry
• V. V. S. Laxman – Very Very Special
• Brett Lee – Bing, Binga, The Speedster,
• Darren Lehmann – Boof
• H. D. G. Leveson Gower – Shrimp
• Dennis Lillee – FOT
• Clive Lloyd – Supercat
• David Lloyd – Bumble
• Chris Lynn – Lynnsanity, Bash Brother

M

• Charles Macartney – Governor-General
• Stuart MacGill – Mac, Magilla
• Ken Mackay – Slasher
• Farveez Maharoof – Fara
• Jimmy Maher – Mahbo
• Sajid Mahmood – Saj, King
• Lasith Malinga – Malinga the Slinga, The Yorker King
• MS Dhoni - Mahi, Captain Cool,^[255] Thala,^[255]
• Ashley Mallett – Rowdy
• Vic Marks – Skid, Speedy
• Charles Marriott – Father
• Mitchell Marsh – Bison
• Geoff Marsh – Swampy
• Rod Marsh – Iron Gloves, Bacchus
• Shaun Marsh – SOS
• Frederick Martin – Nutty
• Damien Martyn – Marto
• Lloyd Mash – Bangers
• Khaled Mashud – Pilot
• Angelo Mathews – Angie, Superman, Jocka
• Greg Matthews – Mo
• Glenn Maxwell – Big Show, Maxi/Maxy
• Stan McCabe – Napper
• Brendon McCullum – Bash Brother
• Glenn McGrath – Pigeon, Millard
• Graham McKenzie – Garth
• Brian McMillan – Big Mac
• Craig McMillan – Macca
• Colin Miller – Funky
• Keith Miller – Nugget
• Misbah-ul-Haq – Lone warrior, Tuk tuk, Man of Crisis
• Amit Mishra – Mishi
• Dave Mohammed – Tadpole
• Beth Mooney – Moons
• Frank Mooney – Starlight
• Roberta Moretti Avery – Big Mom
• Chris Morris – Tipo
• John Morrison – Mystery
• Mashrafe Mortaza – Norail Express, Koushik
• Muttiah Muralitharan – Murali
• Tim Murtagh – Dial M
• Phil Mustard – Colonel

N

• Mohammad Nabi – The President
• André Nel – Nella, Gunther
• Mfuneko Ngam – Chew
• Paul Nixon – Badger, Nico
• Monty Noble – Mary Ann
• Ashley Noffke – Noffers
• Marcus North – Snork
• Makhaya Ntini – George, Mdingi Express

O

• Iain O'Brien – Ober
• Kerry O'Keeffe – Skull
• Chris Old – Chilly
• Bill O'Reilly – Tiger (also used for Shivnarine Chanderpaul)

P

• Milford Page – Curly
• Shikha Pandey – Shikhipedia
• Monty Panesar – The Mont-ster, Python, The Beard to be Feared, The Sikh of Tweak
• Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi – Tiger
• Jeetan Patel – Dave *Matheesha Pathirana- Baby Malinga
• Ellyse Perry – Pez
• Glenn Phillips – GP
• Kevin Pietersen – K. P., Kelvin, Kelv, Kapes
• Liam Plunkett – Pudsy
• Pat Pocock – Percy
• Kieron Pollard – Polly
• Peter Pollock – Pooch, The Big Dog
• Shaun Pollock – Polly
• Ricky Ponting – Punter
• Matt Prior – The Cheese

R

• Geoff Rabone – Bones, Bonsie
• Mustafizur Rahman – Fizz
• Suresh Raina – Mr. IPL, Chinna Thala
• Denesh Ramdin - Shotta
• Mark Ramprakash – Ramps
• Arjuna Ranatunga – Captain Cool
• Derek Randall – Arkle, Rags
• K. S. Ranjitsinhji – Ranji
• Rachin Ravindra – Chinny
• John R. Reid – Bogo
• Matt Renshaw – The Turtle
• Viv Richards – Smokin Joe, Smokey, King Viv, The Emperor, The Master Blaster
• Greg Ritchie – Fat Cat
• Raymond Robertson-Glasgow – Crusoe
• Andre Russell - Dre Russ

S

• Mitchell Santner – Slink, Flatline
• Megan Schutt – Schutter/Shooter
• Virender Sehwag – Viru, Multan ka Sultan, Nawab of Najafgarh
• Verdun Scott – Scotty
• Mohammad Shahzad – Mahi, M. S., Shazi
• Rohit Sharma – Hit-Man, Shana, 264 (referring to the 264 he made against Sri Lanka)
• Sandeep Sharma – Sandy
• Anya Shrubsole – Hoof
• Jack Simmons – Flat Jack, Simmo
• Harbhajan Singh – Bhajji, Turbanator
• Mandeep Singh – Mandy
• Yuvraj Singh – Yuvi, Prince
• Brun Smith – Brun, Runty
• Dwayne Smith - The Doctor
• E J Smith – Tiger
• Frank Smith – Brun, Runty
• Steve Smith – Smithy, Smudge, GOD * Tiger Smith – Tiger
• Fred Spofforth – The Demon
• Alec Stewart – The Gaffer
• Andrew Strauss – Lord Brocket, Straussy, Levi, Muppet, Johann, Mare Man
• Bert Sutcliffe – Suttie
• Andrew Symonds – Roy

T

• Hugh Tayfield – Toey
• Bob Taylor – Chat
• Brian Taylor – Tonker
• Mark Taylor – Tubby
• Ross Taylor – Rosco, Pallekelle Plunderer
• Sachin Tendulkar – The God of Cricket, Little Master, Bombay Bomber, Tendlya
• Shardul Thakur – Lord Shardul, Lord
• Jeff Thomson – Thommo, Two-Up
• Marcus Trescothick – Tresco, Banger
• Fred Trueman – Fiery
• Phil Tufnell – Tuffers, The Cat
• Alan Turner – Fitteran
• Charles Turner – The Terror
• Frank Tyson – Typhoon

U

• Derek Underwood – Deadly

W

• Max Walker – Tangles
• Merv Wallace – Flip
• Georgia Wareham – Wolfie
• Shane Warne – Warnie, The King of Spin, The Sheikh of Tweak,
• Pelham Warner – Plum
• Mark Waugh – Afghan, the Forgotten Waugh, Junior, Audi
• Steve Waugh – Tugga
• Jack White – Farmer
• Kane Williamson – The King
• Bob Willis – Goose, Dylan, Harold, Swordfish
• Paul Wilson – Blocker
• Lauren Winfield – Loz
• Chris Woakes – Wizard
• Danni Wyatt – Waggy

Y

• Suryakumar Yadav – SKY
• Bruce Yardley – Roo

Z

• Monde Zondeki – All Hands

See also

• List of cricket terms
• Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia

References