Cricketers have a rich tradition of using nicknames. This is a List of cricketers' nicknames.
Teams
- Australia's 1948 tour of England — The Invincibles
- Bangladeshi national cricket team — The Tigers
- New Zealand national cricket team — The Black Caps
- South African national cricket team — The Proteas
- West Indian national cricket team — The Windies
Officials, umpires and commentators
- Harold Bird — Dickie Bird
- Henry Blofeld — Blowers
- Brent Bowden — Billy
- Steve Bucknor — Slow Death
- Bill Ferguson — Fergie
- Bill Frindall — The Bearded Wonder
- Brian Johnston — Johnners
- Christopher Martin-Jenkins — CMJ
- David Shepherd — Shep
- Bryan Waddle — Wads
Players
A
- Paul Adams — A frog in a blender (for his unusual bowling action)
- Ajit Agarkar — Bombay Duck (for his horror streak of ducks against Australia)
- Jonathan Agnew — Aggers
- Shoaib Akhtar — Rawalpindi Express
- Wasim Akram — Prince of Pakistan, Was, Sultan of Swing
- Mark Alleyne — BooBoo
- Warwick Armstrong — the Big Ship
B
- Trevor Bailey — The Boil
- Omari Banks — Bankie, Cowheb
- Richie Benaud — Diamonds
- Tino Best — The Best, Ntini
- Michael Bevan — Bevvo
- Andrew Bichel — Bic
- Jack Blackham — Black Jack
- David Boon — Boonie
- Allan Border — A.B.
- Ian Botham — Beefy
- Mark Boucher — Guinness, Billy
- Nicky Boje — Bodge
- Nathan Bracken — Bracks
- Don Bradman — the Don
C
- Andy Caddick — Caddyshack
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul — Tiger
- Ian Chappell — Chapelli
- Ewen Chatfield — Chats, Farmer (Mer) or The Naenae Express
- Stuart Clark — Sarfraz
- Paul Collingwood — Nice Ginger
- Corey Collymore — Screw
- Jeremy Coney — Mantis
- Colin Cowdrey — Kipper
D
- Joe Darling — Paddy
- Phillip DeFreitas — Half-Chocolate
- Aravinda de Silva — Mad Max
- Kapil Dev — The Haryana Express
- Graham Dilley — Pica
- Boeta Dippenaar — Dipps
- Allan Donald — White Lightning
- Rahul Dravid — Jami, The Wall
E
- Bruce Edgar — Bootsy
F
- Stephen Fleming — Flange
- Keith Fletcher — The Gnome of Essex
- Andrew Flintoff — Freddy
- James Foster — The Child
- Graeme Fowler — Foxy
G
- Saurav Ganguly — Maharaj, Prince of Calcutta, Dada, Bengali Tiger
- Joel Garner — Big Bird
- Sunil Gavaskar — Sunny
- Chris Gayle — Cramps, Crampy
- Herschelle Gibbs — Scooter, The Sack Man
- Adam Gilchrist — Churchy, Gilly
- Ashley Giles —Ash, the King of Spain
- Jason Gillespie — Dizzy
- Darren Gough — Rhino
- W.G. Grace — the Doctor
- Mark Greatbatch — Paddy
H
- Brad Haddin — BJ, Harry, Guildo
- Richard Hadlee — Paddles
- Andrew Hall — Brosh, Merv, Hally
- Stephen Harmison — Harmy
- Chris Harris — Harry, Lugs
- Ian Harvey — Freak
- Nathan Hauritz — Horry
- Matthew Hayden — Haydos
- Nantie Hayward — Wayward Hayward
- Ian Healy — Heals
- Paul Hitchcock — Alfred
- Michael Holding — Whispering Death
- James Hopes — Hopesy, Jimbo
- Merv Hughes — Fruitfly
- Nasser Hussain — Nass (by the commentators)
I
- Inzamam ul Haq — Aloo (potato), Inzy
- Bert Ironmonger — Dainty
J
- Ridley Jacobs — Ras Bell, Riddler
- Sanath Jayasuriya — The Matara Mauler
- Dean Jones — Deano
- Sylvester Joseph — Bouncing
K
- Mohammed Kaif — Kaifu
- Jacques Kallis — Kalahari, Jackes
- Danish Kaneria — Nani Dani
- Michael Kasprowicz — Kasper
- Simon Katich — Stiffler
- Imran Khan — The Lion of Lahore, The King of Swing
- Lance Klusener — Zulu
- Anil Kumble — Jumbo
L
- Charl Langeveldt — Langes
- Brian Lara — The Prince
- Gavin Larsen — The Postman (apparently he always delivered!)
- Bill Lawry — Phantom, Phanta
- Geoff Lawson — Henry
- VVS Laxman — Very Very Special
- Brett Lee — Bing
- Warren Lees — Wally
- Darren Lehmann — Boof
- Henry Leveson-Gower — Shrimp
- Dennis Lillee — D.K., Fot
- Clive Lloyd — Super Cat
- Martin Love — Lovey, Pumper
M
- Charles Macartney — Governor-General
- Stuart MacGill — Stuey, Magilla
- Ken Mackay — Slasher
- Jimmy Maher — Mahbo
- Ashley Mallett — Rowdy
- Sanjay Manjrekar — Sanj
- Vijay Manjrekar — The Wanderer
- Geoff Marsh — Swampy
- Rod Marsh — Iron Gloves, Bacchus
- Xavier Marshall — X, Mad Max
- Damien Martyn — Marto
- Greg Matthews — Mo
- Glenn McGrath — Pigeon
- Craig McMillan — Macca
- Colin Miller — Funky
- Keith Miller — Nugget
- Tom Moody — Long
- Danny Morrison — Deke
- Runako Morton — Ronnie
- Don Mosey — The Alderman
- Muttiah Muralitharan — The Smiling Assassin, Murali, MuMu
- Saqlain Mushtaq — Saqi, Professor (wears glasses and outsmarts the batsman)
N
- Andre Nel — Nella
- Monty Noble — Mary Ann
- Makhaya Ntini — Macky
O
- Bill O'Reilly — Tiger
- Kerry O'Keeffe — Skull
P
- Milford Page — Curly
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi — Tiger
- Parthiv Patel — Bachcha (child in Hindi)
- Kevin Pietersen — K.P.
- Graeme Pollock — The Little Dog
- Peter Pollock — The Big Dog
- Shaun Pollock — Polly, Ginger
- Ricky Ponting — Punter
- Ashwell Prince — Ashy P
Q
- Abdul Qadir — Qadu
R
- Carl Rackemann — Mocca
- Venkatapathy Raju — Muscles
- Denesh Ramdin — Shoppy
- Ravi Rampaul — Frisco Kid
- Mark Ramprakash — Bloodaxe
- Ranjitsinhji — Black Prince of Cricketers, the Midsummer night's dream of cricket, Ranji
- Derek Randall — Arkle
- Abdul Razzaq — Razzler
- Paul Reiffel — Pistol
- Dave Renneburg — Big Shine
- Vivian Richards — Master Blaster
- Mark Richardson — Rig
- Greg Ritchie — Fat Cat
- Steve Rixon — Stumper
- Jacques Rudolph — Jackie
- Ken Rutherford — Ruds or Rudder
S
- Mohammed Sami — Salami, The Karachi Express
- Virender Sehwag — Veeru, New Tendulkar
- Paul Sheahan — Timbers
- Navjot Singh Sidhu —Sherry, Jonty Singh, Sixer Sidhu
- Matthew Sinclair — Skippy
- Harbhajan Singh —The Turbanator, Bhajji (by team-mates)
- Michael Slater — Slats
- Sir Aubrey Smith — Round the Corner
- Ian Smith — Stockley
- Graeme Smith — Biff
- Fred Spofforth — Demon
- Javagal Srinath — Babu
- Keith Stackpole — Stacky
- Alec Stewart — Wizenedone, Gaffer
- Andrew Strauss — Straussy
- Scott Styris — Pig
- Andrew Symonds — Symo, Roy
T
- Mark Taylor — Tubby
- Sachin Tendulkar — Tendliya, Little Master, The Master Blaster
- Graham Thorpe — The Shagger
- Marcus Trescothick — Banger
- Hugh Trumble — Little Eva
- Daryl Tuffey — Hightower
- Phil Tufnell — The Cat
- Charlie Turner — Terror
U
- Derek Underwood — Deadly
V
- Michael Vaughan — Virgil
- Dilip Vengsarkar — Colonel
- Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan — Venkat
- Daniel Vettori — Lucas
- Lou Vincent — Flusher
W
- Max Walker — Tangles
- Doug Walters — Freddie, Bikki
- Shane Warne — Warney, Hollywood, The Sheikh of Tweak
- Shane Watson — Watto
- Steve Waugh — Tugga, Iceman
- Mark Waugh — Junior, Afghanistan (The forgotten waugh)
- Craig White — Chalky
- Jeff Wilson — Goldie
- Matthew Windows — Steamy
- Paul Wiseman — Whizz
- Bill Woodfull — The Rock
- John Wright — Shake
- Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis (as a bowling partnership) — The Two Ws, The Sultans of Reverse Swing
XYZ
- Yousuf Youhana — Yo-Yo
- Waqar Younis — Wicki, The Buruwela Bomber
See also
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