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

Teams

Men

• Australia cricket team – The Baggy Greens[1]-Kangaroos
  • 1948 tour of England – The Invincibles[2]
• Bangladesh cricket Team –The Tigers[3]
• England cricket team- Rival teams commonly call them "poms"[4]
• India cricket team – The Blue Tigers,[5] Men in Blue, The Blues[6]
• Ireland cricket team – Green and Whites, Men in Green[7]
• Nepal cricket team – The Gorkhas, The Rhinos
• New Zealand cricket team – The Black Caps, Kiwis[8]
• Pakistan cricket team – Green Shirts, The Shaheens[9]
• South Africa cricket team – The Proteas[10]
• Sri Lanka cricket team – The Lions[11]
• West Indies cricket team – The Windies
  • 1970s to 1990- The Mighty West Indies[12]
• Zimbabwe cricket team – The Chevrons[13]

Women

• Australia women's cricket team – The Southern Stars[14][15][16]
• New Zealand women's cricket team – The White Ferns[17][18][19]
• Indian women's cricket team - Women in Blue [20]

Officials, umpires and commentators

• Jonathan Agnew – Spiro, Aggers[21]
• Harold Bird – Dickie[22]
• Henry Blofeld – Blowers[23]
• Billy Bowden – Billy[24]
• Steve Bucknor – Slow Death Bucknor[25]
• Bill Frindall – Bearded Wonder, Bearders[26]
• Robin Jackman – Jackers[27]
• Brian Johnston – Johnners[28]
• Mpumelelo Mbangwa – Pommie[29]
• Christopher Martin-Jenkins – CMJ[30]
• Don Mosey – The Alderman[31]
• Ashish Nehra – Nehra Ji[32]
• David Shepherd – Shep[33]
• Alan Wilkins – Wilko[34]

Supporters

• An organised group of Australian cricket team supporters – The Fanatics[35]
• An organised group of English cricket team supporters – Barmy Army[35]
• An organised group of Irish cricket team supporters ― Blarney Army[36][37]
• An organised group of New Zealand cricket team supporters – The Beige Brigade[38]
• An organised group of Indian cricket team supporters – Swami Army[39] or Bharat Army[35]

Players

Following is arranged according to last names.

A

• Paul Adams - Gogga (Afrikaans nickname, which means 'insect')[40]
• Shahid Afridi – Boom Boom Afridi, Lala [41]
• Jonathan Agnew – Aggers, Spiro[42]
• Mushtaq Ahmed – Mushie, Jaadugar[43]
• Saeed Ajmal – The Magician, Saeed Bhai[44]
• Shoaib Akhtar – Rawalpindi Express[45]
• Wasim Akram – Sultan of Swing
• Terry Alderman - The Smiling Assassin,[46] Clem (after Clem Jones, alderman and mayor of Brisbane, curator of The Gabba)[47]
• James Anderson – The Burnley Lara,[48] The Burnley Express[49]
• Warwick Armstrong – Big Ship[50]
• Geoff Arnold – Horse[51]
• Mohammad Ashraful – Matin[52]
• Ravichandran Ashwin – Ash[53]
• Mike Atherton – Athers,[54] FEC,[55] Cockroach,[56] Dready,[57] Iron Mike[58]

B

• Trevor Bailey – The Boil, Barnacle[59]
• David Bairstow - Bluey[60]
• Jonny Bairstow – YJB[61]
• Omari Banks – Bankie[62]
• Eddie Barlow – Bunter[63]
• Gareth Batty – Boris, Nora[64]
• Michael Beer – Frothy[65]
• Ian Bell – Belly,[66] The Sherminator[67]
• Richie Benaud – Diamonds[68]
• Travis Birt – Edgar[69]
• Jack Blackham - Black Jack, Prince of wicketkeepers[70]^{[circular reference]}
• Allan Border – AB, Captain Grumpy[71]
• Ian Botham – Beefy, Guy the Gorilla[41][72][73]
• Geoffrey Boycott – Fiery,[74] Boycs,[74] Thatch[74]
• Don Bradman – The Don
• Dwayne Bravo – DJ[75]
• Mike Brearley – Brears,[76] Scagg[76]
• Stuart Broad – Westlife[77]
• Katherine Brunt – Brunty, Nunny[78]
• Jasprit Bumrah – Boom[79][80]
• Mark Butcher – Butch[81]

C

• Andy Caddick – Des, Shack, Wingnut[82]
• Yuzvendra Chahal – Yuzi[83][84][85]
• Shivnarine Chanderpaul – The Chanderwall[86]
• Ian Chappell – Chappelli[87]
• Roston Chase – Youngross[88]
• Dan Christian – Dan the Man[89]
• Michael Clarke – Pup, Clarkey[90]
• Herbie Collins – Horseshoe[91]
• Alastair Cook – Chef, Captain Cook[92]
• Learie Constantine – Electric Heels[73][93]
• Mark Cosgrove – Cossy,[94] Baby-Boof[95]
• John Crawley – Creepy[96]
• Colin Croft – Bomber[97][73]
• Kate Cross – Crossy[78]
• Martin Crowe – Hogan[98]
• Pat Cummins – Patto,[99] Cummo[100]

D

• Nida Dar – Lady Boom Boom[101]
• Ian Davis – Wizard[102]
• Phillip DeFreitas – Daffy[103]
• Aravinda de Silva – Mad Max
• A. B. de Villiers – ABD, Mr. 360°[104][105]
• Peter Denning – Dasher[106]
• Kapil Dev – The Haryana Hurricane[107]
• Ted Dexter – Lord Ted[108]
• Shikhar Dhawan – Gabbar[109]
• M. S. Dhoni – Thala, MSD, Mahi, Captain Cool[110][111]
• Graham Dilley – Pica,[112] Dill[112]
• Michael Di Venuto – Diva[113]
• Basil D'Oliveira – Dolly,[114] Bas[114]
• Allan Donald – White Lightning[115]
• Brett Dorey – Behemoth[116]
• Deandra Dottin – World Boss[117]
• J. W. H. T. Douglas – Johnny Won't Hit Today[118]
• Rahul Dravid – The Wall[119]
• K. S. Duleepsinhji – Duleep[120] Mr Smith[120]
• Sophia Dunkley – Dunks[121]
• Mignon du Preez – Minx[122][123]

E

• Phil Edmonds – Goat, Henry[124]
• Charlotte Edwards – Lottie, Chief[78]
• Fidel Edwards – Castro[125]
• Matthew Elliott – Herb[126]
• John Emburey – Embers, Ernie, Knuckle[127]
• Farokh Engineer - Rooky,[128] Brylcreem Boy,[129] Dikra Farookh [130]
• Sean Ervine – Slug,[131] Siuc[131]

F

• Imran Farhat – Romi[132]
• James Faulkner – The Finisher[133]
• Steven Finn – The Watford Wall[41]
• Andre Fletcher – The Spice Man[134]
• Andrew Flintoff – Freddie[135]
• Graeme Fowler – Foxy[136]
• Peter Fulton – Two-metre Peter[41]

G

• Gautam Gambhir – Gauti[41]
• Sourav Ganguly – Prince of Kolkata, God of Offside, Dada[137]
• Joel Garner – Big Bird[41][73]
• Mike Gatting – Fat Gatt[138]
• Sunil Gavaskar – Little master, Sunny
• Chris Gayle – World Boss, Mr. T20,[139] Universe Boss,[140]
• Herschelle Gibbs – Scooter[41]
• Eddie Gilbert – Fast Eddie [73][141]
• Adam Gilchrist – Gilly,[142] Churchy[142]
• Ashley Giles – Gilo, Skinny, Splash, The King of Spain,[143] Wheelie Bin[144]
• Jason Gillespie – Dizzy[41]
• David Gower – Stoat[145]
• W. G. Grace – W. G., The Doctor, The Old Man, The Champion^{[citation needed]}
• Rebecca Grundy – Grunners, Carol[78]
• Umar Gul – Guldozer[146]
• Asanka Gurusinha – Gura[147]

H

• Brad Haddin – BJ, Hadds[148]
• Richard Hadlee – Paddles[149]
• Mohammad Hafeez – Professor, Professor of Sargodha[150]
• Alex Hales – Baz[151]
• Haseeb Hameed – Baby Boycott[152]
• Steve Harmison – Harmy,[153] GBH (Grievous Bodily Harmison)[154]
• Chris Harris – Lugs[155]
• M J Harris – Pasty[156]
• Ryan Harris – Ryano[157]
• Chris Hartley – Hannibal[158]
• Ian Harvey – Harvs, The Freak[159]
• Shane Harwood – Stickers[126][160]
• John Hastings – The Duke[161][162][163]
• Nathan Hauritz – Ritzy[164]
• Matthew Hayden – Haydos,[165] Big Fish[165]
• Rachael Haynes – Des, Dessie[166]
• George Headley – Black Bradman[167]
• Alyssa Healy – Midge[168]
• Hunter Hendry – Stork[169]
• Ben Hilfenhaus – Hilfy[170]
• Jack Hobbs – The Master[171]
• Brad Hodge – Hodgey, Dodgeball[172]
• Matthew Hoggard – Oggie[173]
• Michael Holding – Whispering Death[174][73]
• James Hopes – Catfish[126][175]
• A. N. Hornby – Monkey, The Boss[176]
• Merv Hughes – Fruitfly[177]
• Nasser Hussain – Nashwan[178]
• David Hussey – Huss, Bomber, Junior Mr. Cricket[179]
• Michael Hussey – Mr Cricket,[180] Huss[181]

I

• Inzamam-ul-Haq – Inzi[182]
• Bert Ironmonger – Dainty[183]
• Tamim Iqbal – Dot Baba[184]

J

• Ravindra Jadeja – Jaddu, Rockstar, Sir Jadeja[185]
• Phil Jaques – Pro[186]
• Douglas Jardine – The Iron Duke[187]
• Sanath Jayasuriya – Matara Mauler, Master Blaster, Sana[188][189]
• Gilbert Jessop – The Croucher [190]
• Mitchell Johnson – Midge, Notch[191]
• Jess Jonassen – JJ[192]
• Ernie Jones – Jonah[193]

K

• Mohammad Kaif – Kaifu[194]
• Romesh Kaluwitharana – Little Kalu, Little Dynamite[195]
• Danish Kaneria – Nani-Danny[196]
• Marizanne Kapp – Kappie[197]
• Chamara Kapugedera – Kapu[198]
• Dinesh Karthik – DK[199]
• Michael Kasprowicz – Kasper[200]
• Simon Katich – Kat[201]
• Justin Kemp – Kempie[202]
• Robert Key – Keysy[203]
• Imran Khan – The Lion of Lahore[204][73]
• Zaheer Khan – Zak[205]
• Usman Khawaja – Uzzie,[206] Captain Grumpy[207]
• Delissa Kimmince – DK[208]
• Michael Klinger – Maxy[209]
• Lance Klusener - Zulu[210][211]
• Heather Knight – Trev[78]
• Alan Knott – Knotty, Flea[212]
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar - Bhuvi,[213] The Swing Prince^{[citation needed]}
• Virat Kohli – Cheeku, King Kohli[214]
• Nuwan Kulasekara – Kule^{[citation needed]}
• Anil Kumble – Apple,[215] Jumbo[41]
• Kane Willamson - Cool Cat, King Kane [216][217]

L

• Justin Langer – Alfie, JL[218]
• Meg Lanning – Megastar,[219] Serious Sally[220]
• Brian Lara – The Prince of Port of Spain[221][222]
• Gavin Larsen – The Postman[41]
• V. V. S. Laxman – Very Very Special[223]
• Bill Lawry – Phantom[41]
• Geoff Lawson – Henry[224][73]
• Darren Lehmann – Boof[126][225]
• Brett Lee – Bing, Binga, The Speedster,[226]
• H. D. G. Leveson Gower – Shrimp[227]
• Dennis Lillee – FOT[228]
• Clive Lloyd – Super Cat[229]
• David Lloyd – Bumble[230]
• Chris Lynn – Lynnsanity,[231][232] Bash Brother[233][234]
• Nathan Lyon – G.O.A.T, Garry, Gazza

M

• Charles Macartney – Governor-General[235]
• Stuart MacGill – Mac, Magilla[236]
• Ken Mackay – Slasher[237]
• Farveez Maharoof – Fara[238]
• Jimmy Maher – Mahbo[126]
• Sajid Mahmood – Saj,[239] King[239]
• Lasith Malinga – Malinga The Slinga,[41] The Yorker King [240]
• Ashley Mallett – Rowdy[241]
• Vic Marks – Skid,[242] Speedy[242]
• Charles Marriott – Father Marriott[243]
• Mitchell Marsh – Bison[244]
• Geoff Marsh – Swampy[245]
• Rod Marsh – Iron Gloves,[246] Bacchus[246]
• Shaun Marsh – SOS[247]
• Frederick Martin – Nutty[248]
• Damien Martyn – Marto[249]
• Lloyd Mash – Bangers[250]
• Khaled Mashud – Pilot[251]
• Angelo Mathews – Angie, Superman, Jocka[252]
• Greg Matthews – Mo[253]
• Glenn Maxwell – Big Show,[254] Maxi/Maxy[255]
• Stan McCabe – Napper[256]
• Brendon McCullum – Bash Brother[234]
• Bryce McGain – McGoo^{[citation needed]}
• Glenn McGrath – Pigeon,[257] Millard[257]
• Graham McKenzie – Garth[258][73]
• Brian McMillan – Big Mac[259]
• Craig McMillan – Macca[260]
• Colin Miller – Funky[261]
• Keith Miller – Nugget[73][262]
• Misbah-ul-Haq – Lone warrior,[263] Tuk tuk,[264] Man of Crisis[264][265]
• Amit Mishra – Mishi[266]
• Dave Mohammed – Tadpole[267]
• Beth Mooney – Moons[268]
• Roberta Moretti Avery – Big Mom[269]
• Chris Morris – Tipo[270]
• John Morrison – Mystery[271]
• Mashrafe Mortaza – Koushik[272]
• Muttiah Muralitharan – Murali[273]
• Tim Murtagh – Dial M[274][275]
• Phil Mustard – Colonel[276]

N

• Mohammad Nabi – The President[277]
• André Nel – Nella, Gunther[278]
• Mfuneko Ngam – Chew[279]
• Paul Nixon – Badger,[280] Nico[280]
• Monty Noble – Mary Ann[281]
• Ashley Noffke – Noffers[282]
• Marcus North – Snork[283]
• Makhaya Ntini – George, Mdingi Express[284]

O

• Iain O'Brien – Ober[285]
• Chris Old – Chilly[286][73]
• Kerry O'Keeffe – Skull[287]
• Bill O'Reilly – Tiger[288]

P

• Milford Page – Curly[289]
• Shikha Pandey – Shikhipedia[290]
• Monty Panesar – The Mont-ster,[291] Python,[291] The Beard to be Feared,[291] The Sikh of Tweak[292]
• Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi – Tiger[293]
• Jeetan Patel – Dave[294]
• Ellyse Perry – Pez[295]
• Kevin Pietersen – K. P.,[296] Kelvin,[296] Kelv,[296] Kapes[296]
• Liam Plunkett – Pudsy[297]
• Kieron Pollard – Polly[298]
• Peter Pollock – Pooch, The Big Dog[299]
• Shaun Pollock – Polly[300]
• Ricky Ponting – Punter[301]
• Matt Prior – The Cheese[302]

R

• Mustafizur Rahman – Fizz[303]
• Suresh Raina – Mr. IPL, Chinna Thala[304][305]
• Mark Ramprakash – Ramps[306]
• Arjuna Ranatunga – Captain Cool[307]
• Derek Randall – Arkle, Rags[308]
• K. S. Ranjitsinhji – Ranji[309][310]
• Abdul Razzaq – The Razzler, Bang Bang Razzaq^{[citation needed]}
• Matt Renshaw – The Turtle[233]
• Viv Richards – Smokin Joe, Smokey, King Viv, The Emperor, The Master Blaster[311]
• Greg Ritchie – Fat Cat[312]
• Jemimah Rodrigues – Lil' J^{[citation needed]}

S

• Megan Schutt – Schutter/Shooter[313][314]
• Virender Sehwag – Viru, Multan ka Sultan, Nawab of Najafgarh[315]
• Mohammad Shahzad – Mahi, M. S., Shazi[316]
• Rohit Sharma – Hit-Man, Shana,[317] 264[318]
• Sandeep Sharma – Sandy[319]
• Anya Shrubsole – Hoof[320]
• Peter Siddle – Sid Vicious^{[citation needed]}
• Jack Simmons – Flat Jack, Simmo[321]
• Harbhajan Singh – Bhajji, Turbanator[322]
• Mandeep Singh – Mandy[323]
• Yuvraj Singh –Yuvi, Prince [324]
• E J Smith – Tiger[325]
• Steve Smith – Smithy, Smudge,[326] GOD[327]
• Fred Spofforth – The Demon[328][73]
• Alec Stewart – The Gaffer[329]
• Andrew Strauss – Lord Brocket, Straussy, Levi, Muppet, Johann, Mare Man[330]
• Washington Sundar – Washi^{[citation needed]}

T

• Hugh Tayfield – Toey[331]
• Brian Taylor – Tonker[332]
• Mark Taylor – Tubby[333]
• Ross Taylor – Rosco, Pallekelle Plunderer[334]
• Sachin Tendulkar – The God of Cricket, Little Master, Bombay Bomber, Tendlya[335][336]
• Shardul Thakur - Lord Shardul, Lord [337]
• Jeff Thomson – Thommo, Two-Up[338][339]
• Marcus Trescothick – Tresco, Banger[340]
• Fred Trueman – Fiery[341][73]
• Phil Tufnell – Tuffers, The Cat[342]
• Alan Turner – Fitteran[343]
• Charles Turner – The Terror[344][73]
• Frank Tyson – Typhoon[345][73]

U

• Derek Underwood – Deadly[346]

W

• Max Walker – Tangles[347][73]
• Georgia Wareham – Wolfie[348]
• Shane Warne – Warnie, The King of Spin,[349] The Sheikh of Tweak,[350]
• Pelham Warner – Plum[351]
• Mark Waugh – Afghan - the forgotten Waugh, Junior[352]
• Steve Waugh – Tugga[353]
• Jack White – Farmer[354]
• Paul Wilson – Blocker[355]
• Lauren Winfield – Loz[78]
• Chris Woakes – Wizard[356]
• Danni Wyatt – Waggy[78]

Y

• Suryakumar Yadav – SKY[357]
• Bruce Yardley – Roo[358]

Z

• Monde Zondeki – All Hands[359]

See also

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

References

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