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" [ [http://www.abc.net.au/centralwest/stories/s296247.htm The Invincibles] ]
*Australian national cricket team — "Baggy Greens", [ [http://www.smh.com.au/news/cricket/baggy-greens-cop-it/2005/08/27/1124563068394.html Baggy Greens cop it] ] "Aussies" [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/australia/6650701.stm Aussies pull out of Zimbabwe tour] ] , "The Kangaroos"
*Bangladeshi national cricket team — "The Tigers" [ [http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/sports/cricket.html Virtual Bangladesh : Sports : Cricket] ]
*Indian national cricket team — "The Men in Blue" [ [http://sports.indiatimes.com/Sections/Cricket/The_rise_and_fall_of_the_Men-in-Blue/articleshow/984803.cms The rise and fall of the Men-in-Blue] ]
*New Zealand national cricket team — "The Black Caps", [ [http://sport.guardian.co.uk/englandinnewzealand2008/story/0,,2260956,00.html Hoggard best suited to condemn Black Caps to another home defeat] ] "The Kiwis" [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/7136131.stm Aussies blitz Kiwis in Twenty20] ]
*South African national cricket team — "The Proteas" [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7271008.stm S Africa openers close to record] ] "The Springboks" [ [http://www.southafrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/sports/cricket.htm Cricket in South Africa] ]
*Sri Lankan national cricket team — "The Lions" [ [http://www.hindu.com/2005/10/25/stories/2005102510822200.htm The Lions are now roaring collectively] ]
*West Indian national cricket team — "The Windies" [ [http://www.windiescricket.com/ West Indies Cricket Board] ]

Officials, umpires and commentators

*Jonathan Agnew — "Aggers"
*Harold Bird — "Dickie Bird" [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1952804.stm Dickie Bird clock honours namesake] ]
*Henry Blofeld — "Blowers"
*Brent Bowden — "Billy"
*Steve Bucknor — "Slow Death", "Morgan Freeman", "Australia's Twelfth Man"
*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"

upporters

*An organised group of Australian cricket team supporters — "The Fanatics"
*An organised group of Bangladesh cricket team supporters — "Bengal Tigers"
*An organised group of English cricket team supporters — "The Barmy Army"
*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 New Zealand cricket team supporters — "The Beige Brigade"
*An organised group of Sri Lanka cricket team supporters — "Appu Army"

Players

A

*Zaheer Abbas — Asian Bradman
*Shahid Afridi — Boom Boom Afridi, Lala [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Ahmedabad_Times/Names_people_play_/articleshow/2195338.cms Names people play] ]
*Ajit Agarkar — Bombay Duck, 007 (After seven consecutive ducks for India and is from Bombay)
*Mushtaq Ahmed — Mushy
*Shoaib Akhtar — The Rawalpindi Express [ [http://www.dawn.com/2003/06/23/spt11.htm Shoaib Akhtar joins Durham] ]
*Wasim Akram — Waz, Sultan of the Swing
*Warwick Armstrong — Big Ship
*Michael Atherton — Captain Grumpy [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/cricket/1510364.stm A career over too soon] ]
*Mohammad Ashraful — Ash

B

*Trevor Bailey — "The Boil", "Barnacle", "Slogger"
*Omari Banks — "Bankie", "Cowheb"
*Gareth Batty — "Batts", "Ronan", "Scotty"
*Ian Bell — "Belly", "Boyband", "The Shermanator" (Shane Warne's sledging)
*Richie Benaud — "Diamonds" [http://www.smh.com.au/news/cricket/england-farewells-a-favourite-friend/2005/09/09/1125772694954.html]
*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" [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Ahmedabad_Times/Names_people_play_/articleshow/2195338.cms Names people play] ]
*Mark Boucher — "Guinness", "Billy"
*Geoff Boycott — "Fiery", "Boycs", "Thatch"
*Nathan Bracken — "Bracks", "Andy G"
*Don Bradman — "The Don"
*Mike Brearley — "Plank" [ [http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=161366&command=displayContent&sourceNode=229840&contentPK=19300558 GOOD WILL - IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN] ]
*Mark Butcher — "Butch"

C

*Andrew Caddick — "Caddyshack", "Wingnut"
*Chris Cairns — "B.A." (Bad Attitude) "Cairnsey"
*Upul Chandana — "Chicky"
*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" [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/cricket/england/2157667.stm 'Creepy' at his peak] ]
*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)
*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" [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Ahmedabad_Times/Names_people_play_/articleshow/2195338.cms Names people play] ]
*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", "Jammy", "The LC", "Mr. Dependable", "Mr. Consistent", "Mr. Reliable"
*Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji — "Duleep", "Mr Smith"

E

*Matthew Elliott — "Herb" [ [http://www.thetwenty20cup.co.uk/news/article.asp?NewsID=552 Nicknames take centrestage in Australian Twenty20] ]
*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" [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/allrounder/content/story/264139.html] , "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) [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Ahmedabad_Times/Names_people_play_/articleshow/2195338.cms Names people play] ]

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" [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Ahmedabad_Times/Names_people_play_/articleshow/2195338.cms Names people play] ]
*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" [ [http://www.thetwenty20cup.co.uk/news/article.asp?NewsID=552 Nicknames take centrestage in Australian Twenty20] ]
*Nathan Hauritz — "Horry"
*Matthew Hayden — "Haydos", "Unit", "Big Fish" [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/10/11/1097406503611.html]
*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" [ [http://www.thetwenty20cup.co.uk/news/article.asp?NewsID=552 Nicknames take centrestage in Australian Twenty20] ]
*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)
*David Hussey — " Bomber"
*Michael Hussey — "Mr Cricket" [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/australia/content/current/story/313394.html Mr Cricket takes a chill pill] ] ," Huss"
*David Hussey — " Bomber"

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), "Sunny"(In his Mumbai Indians team)
*Gilbert Jessop — "The Croucher"
*Mitchell Johnson — "Midge"
*Andrew Jones — "Jed"
*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"
*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" [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Ahmedabad_Times/Names_people_play_/articleshow/2195338.cms Names people play] ]
*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", Mini Tugga, JL
*Charl Langeveldt — "Langes"
*Brian Lara — "The Prince", "The Prince of Port of Spain'
*Gavin Larsen — "The Postman" [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Ahmedabad_Times/Names_people_play_/articleshow/2195338.cms Names people play] ]

*Bill Lawry — "Phantom" [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Ahmedabad_Times/Names_people_play_/articleshow/2195338.cms Names people play] ]
*Geoff Lawson — "Henry"
*VVS Laxman — "Very Very Special"
*Brett Lee — "Bing", "Binga", "Oswald"
*Warren Lees — "Wally"
*Darren Lehmann — "Boof", [ [http://www.thetwenty20cup.co.uk/news/article.asp?NewsID=552 Nicknames take centrestage in Australian Twenty20] ] "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" [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2142788.cms Lloyd wants team to improve in Tests] ]
*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" [ [http://www.thetwenty20cup.co.uk/news/article.asp?NewsID=552 Nicknames take centrestage in Australian Twenty20] ]
*Khalid Mahmood — "The Baby"
*Sajid Mahmood — "Saj", "King"
*Shoaib Malik — " Terminator"
*Lasith Malinga — ""'The Pocket Rocket, Malinga The Slinga [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Ahmedabad_Times/Names_people_play_/articleshow/2195338.cms Names people play] ]
*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), " Pidge"( in his Delhi Daredevils IPL team ) *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" [http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/2006-01-10/sports4.html]
*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"
*Ashley Noffke — " Wombat"
*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"
*Munaf Patel — "Lagaan", "Lagaan Bhai",
*Parthiv Patel — "Bachcha" ("child" in Hindi)
*Irfan Pathan— "Chotta Wasim bhai",
*Kevin Pietersen — "K.P.", "Kelvin", "Kelv", "Kapes", "The Big Show", "(The) Ego", "FIGJAM"
*Liam Plunkett — "Pudsy", "The Kid"
*Peter Pollock — "The Big Dog"
*Shaun Pollock — "Polly", "Ginger", "The Nibbler"
*Ricky Ponting — "Punter", "Chinaman", "Bhajji's Bunny", "Harbhajan's bunny" (because of Harbhajan's terrific record against him)
*Ashwell Prince — "Ashy P"
*Matthew Prior — "P. Matthew", "MP", "The Cheese", 'Cheese', 'Cheesey', 'Mr Cheese', 'Cheesebox'

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"
*Abdur Razzak — "Lalla (Mushfiqur Rahim)"
*Abdul Razzaq — "Razzler", "Popeye" [http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/145028.html]
*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"

*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"
*Jack Simmons — "Flat Jack", "Nosher"
*Bob Simpson — "Simmo"
*Navjot Singh Sidhu —"Sherry", "Jonty Singh", "Sixer Sidhu"
*Mathew Sinclair — "Skippy"
*Yuvraj Singh —"Yuvi", "Bowlers' Nightmare", "Indian 36" (because he hit six sixes in an over, a feat only performed once before in international cricket)
*Michael Slater — "Slats"
*Peter Sleep — "Sounda"
*Sir Aubrey Smith — "Round the Corner"
*Chris Smith — "Kippy"
*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" [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/4580824.stm] , "Wing Commander Strauss"
*Pieter Strydom — "Striker"
*Scott Styris — "Pig", "Pigdog"
*Pat Symcox — "Symmo"
*Andrew Symonds — "Symo", "Roy", "Golden Bollocks", "Monkey"
*Sreesanth — "Sree"
*Ishant Sharma — "Ishu", "Ponting's Nightmare", "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", "Sach", "Master Blaster", "Paaji" [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/City_Supplements/Ahmedabad_Times/Names_people_play_/articleshow/2195338.cms Names people play] ]
*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" [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/hampshire/content/articles/2007/09/17/udal_retires_feature.shtml Shaun Udal announces retirement] ]
*Derek Underwood — "Deadly" [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/columns/content/current/story/295041.html Most Test wins, and the man with the Chaminda Complex] ]

V

*Chaminda Vaas — "Vaasy"
*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"," Hank "

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 — "Afghan" [ [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/136774.html The last of cricket's cavaliers] ]
*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"

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 — "digga"

ee also

*List of cricket terms

References