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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^[1]
• Australian national cricket team — Baggy Greens,^[2], The Aussies
• Bangladeshi national cricket team — The Tigers^[3]
• Indian national cricket team — The Men in Blue^[4]
• New Zealand national cricket team — The Black Caps,^[5] The Kiwis^[6]
• South African national cricket team — The Proteas^[7] The Springboks^[8]
• Sri Lankan national cricket team — The Lions^[9]
• West Indian national cricket team — The Windies^[10]
• English Cricket Team — The Poms ^[11]

Officials, umpires and commentators

• Jonathan Agnew — Spiro, Aggers^[12]
• Harold Bird — Dickie Bird^[13]
• Henry Blofeld — Blowers^[14]
• Brent Bowden — Billy ^[15]
• Steve Bucknor — Slow Death Bucknor^[16]
• Bill Ferguson — Fergie^{[citation needed]}
• Bill Frindall — Bearded Wonder, Bearders^[17]
• Robin Jackman — Jackers^[18]
• Brian Johnston — Johnners^[19]
• Christopher Martin-Jenkins — CMJ^[20]
• Don Mosey — The Alderman^[21]
• David Shepherd — Shep^[22]
• David Lloyd — The Bumble^[23]
• Ian Botham — Beefy^[24]

Supporters

• An organised group of Australian cricket team supporters — The Fanatics ^[11]
• An organised group of English cricket team supporters — Barmy Army

Players

A

• Shahid Afridi — Boom Boom Afridi, Lala^[25]
• Mushtaq Ahmed — Mushie^[26]
• Shoaib Akhtar — The Rawalpindi Express^[27]
• Warwick Armstrong — Big Ship ^[28]
• Michael Atherton — Captain Grumpy^[29]
• Mohammad Ashraful — Matin^[30]

B

• Trevor Bailey — The Boil, Barnacle^[31],
• Omari Banks — Bankie^[32]
• Gareth Batty — Boris, Nora^[33],
• Ian Bell — Belly^[34], The Sherminator^[35]
• Richie Benaud — Diamonds^[36]
• Travis Birt — Edgar^[37]
• Ian Botham — Beefy^[25]
• Don Bradman — The Don
• Mike Brearley — Plank^[38]
• Stuart Broad — Westlife^[39]

C

• Andrew Caddick — Caddyshack, Wingnut^{[citation needed]}
• Chris Cairns — B.A. (Bad Attitude) Cairnsey^{[citation needed]}
• Upul Chandana — Chicky^{[citation needed]}
• Shivnarine Chanderpaul — Tiger, Shiv^{[citation needed]}
• Ian Chappell — Chapelli, Chapps^{[citation needed]}
• Ewen Chatfield — Chats, Farmer (Mer) or The Naenae Express^{[citation needed]}
• Stuart Clark — Sarfraz, Stu^{[citation needed]}
• Wayne Clark — Dunny (initials are W.C.)^{[citation needed]}
• Michael Clarke — Pup, Clarkey, Nemo^{[citation needed]}
• Paul Collingwood — Nice Ginger, Colly, Hard Man^{[citation needed]}
• Herbie Collins — Horseshoe^{[citation needed]}
• Corey Collymore — Screw^{[citation needed]}
• Jeremy Coney — Mantis^{[citation needed]}
• Bevan Congdon — Congo^{[citation needed]}
• Alastair Cook — Cooky, Chef^{[citation needed]}
• Mark Cosgrove — Cossy, Baby-Boof (due to similarities in batting-style and physique of Darren Lehmann)^{[citation needed]}
• Colin Cowdrey — Kipper^{[citation needed]}
• John Crawley — Creepy^[40]
• Jeff Crowe — Chopper^{[citation needed]}
• Martin Crowe — Hogan^{[citation needed]}
• Dan Cullen — Dash^{[citation needed]}
• Craig Cumming — Sid (after rugby player Sid Going)^{[citation needed]}

D

• Adam Dale — Chipper (from Chip and Dale)^{[citation needed]}
• Joe Darling — Paddy^{[citation needed]}
• Heath Davis — Raven (from "stark ravin' mad)^{[citation needed]}
• Phillip DeFreitas — Daffy^{[citation needed]}
• Aravinda de Silva — Mad Max, Ara^{[citation needed]}
• Abraham de Villiers — A.B^{[citation needed]}
• Fanie de Villiers — Vinnige Fanie ("Fast Fanie" in Afrikaans)^{[citation needed]}
• Kapil Dev — The Haryana Hurricane, Paaji ^{[citation needed]}
• Ted Dexter — Lord Ted, Malcolm Devon^{[citation needed]}
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni — Mahi,Captain Cool,Mr.Cool^[25]
• Graham Dilley — Pica^{[citation needed]}
• Boeta Dippenaar — Dipps, Hendrick^{[citation needed]}
• Michael Di Venuto — Diva^{[citation needed]}
• Basil D'Oliveira — Dolly, Bas^{[citation needed]}
• Allan Donald — White Lightning, AD^{[citation needed]}
• Brett Dorey — Hunky, John, Behemoth^{[citation needed]}
• J.W.H.T. Douglas — Johnny Won't Hit Today^{[citation needed]}
• Rahul Dravid — The Indian Wall,^{[citation needed]} The Wall,^{[citation needed]} The Great Wall of India,^{[citation needed]} Jammy,^{[citation needed]}Mr. Dependable,^{[citation needed]}Mr. Consistent,^{[citation needed]} Mr. Reliable,^{[citation needed]}The LC^{[citation needed]}
• Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji — Duleep, Mr Smith^{[citation needed]}
• Tillakaratne Dilshan — Dilly,^{[citation needed]} Dildo^{[citation needed]}
• Kumar Dharmasena — Unanduwa^{[citation needed]}

E

• Matthew Elliott — Herb^[41]
• Sean Ervine — Slug, Siuc

F

• Andrew Flintoff — Freddie ^[42], SuperFred, Twiggy, Fred, family man, Mr. InFredible [6],
• Peter Fulton — Two-metre Peter (at 6' 8", Fulton is one of the tallest test players ever)^[25]

G

• Adam Gilchrist — Gilly, Church, Churchie, Gilchurch, The Demolition Man, The Destroyer

• Jason Gillespie — Dizzy^[25]

• Herschelle Gibbs — Scooter^[25]

• Gautam Gambhir — Gauti^[25]

H

• Brad Haddin — BJ, Harry, Guildo
• Richard Hadlee — Paddles
• Andrew Hall — Brosh, Merv, Hally
• Harbhajan Singh —The Turbanator, Bhajji, (by team-mates)
• Stephen Harmison — Harmy (or Harmi), Tinker, GBH (Grievous Bodily Harmison to the Barmy Army, home sickness), Gummy (due to absence of wisdom teeth, The Ashington Express
• Chris Harris — Harry, Lugs
• Chris Hartley — Hannibal
• Ian Harvey — The 'Freak'
• Shane Harwood — Stickers^[41]
• Nathan Hauritz — Hauri, Ritzy
• Matthew Hayden — Haydos, Unit, Big Fish [7]
• Nantie Hayward — Wayward Hayward
• George Headley — Atlas, Black Bradman
• Ian Healy — Heals
• Hunter Hendry — Stork
• Ben Hilfenhaus — Hilfy,Gentle Ben,Gent
• 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^[41]
• 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^[43], Huss

I

• Bert Ironmonger — Dainty^[44]
• Irfan Pathan —Guddu

J

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,The Legend Of Indian Cricket^[25]
• Gary Kirsten — Gazza
• Romesh Kaluwitharana — The Little Dynamo, Little Kalu, The Little Dynamite
• Nuwan Kulasekara — Kule
• Chamara Kapugedera — Kapu
• Kashif Dalvi — Quiche, Amy Bowers, Tugger, Grovesy, Lanka Lad

L

• Justin Langer— Alf, Alfie, JL
• Gavin Larsen — The Postman^[25]
• Bill Lawry — Phantom^[25]
• Darren Lehmann — Boof,^[41] Shrek
• Brett Lee — Bing, Binga, The Speed Star
• Clive Lloyd — Super Cat^[45]
• David Lloyd — Bumble

M

• Charles Macartney — Governor-General
• Stuart MacGill — Stuey, Macca, Magilla
• Ken Mackay — Slasher
• Jimmy Maher — Mahbo^[41]
• Khalid Mahmood — The Baby
• Sajid Mahmood — Saj, King
• Shoaib Malik — Terminator
• Lasith Malinga — The Pocket Rocket, Malinga The Slinga^[25]
• 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
• Mpumelelo Mbangwa — Pommie
• 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[8]
• 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, Muscles
• Tim Murtagh — Dial M ^[46]
• Saqlain Mushtaq — Saqi, Professor (wears glasses and outsmarts the batsman)
• Phil Mustard — (The) Colonel
• Farveez Maharoof — Fara,Maha
• Ajantha Mendis —Menda

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

• Iain O'Brien — Ober^[47]
• Chris Old — Chilly (from C.Old)
• Kerry O'Keeffe — Skull
• Graham Onions — Bunions^[48], The Lobley Hill Barnacle
• 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)
• Kevin Pietersen — K.P., Kelvin, Kelv, Kapes, The Big Show
• Liam Plunkett — Pudsy, The Kid
• Peter Pollock — The Big Dog
• Shaun Pollock — Polly, Ginger, The Nibbler
• Ricky Ponting — Punter
• 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[9]
• 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
• Suresh Raina —Sanu

S

• 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,Najafgarh Ka Nawab,Dashing Openor
• Ishant Sharma — Ishu, Lambu (Hindi slang for a tall person)
• Ravi Shastri — Shaz
• Paul Sheahan — Timbers
• Ryan Sidebottom — Sidey
• Navjot Singh Sidhu —Sherry, Jonty Singh, Sixer Sidhu
• Jack Simmons — Flat Jack, Nosher
• Bob Simpson — Simmo
• Mathew Sinclair — Skippy
• 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
• Sreesanth — Sree, AC
• 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 [10], Wing Commander Strauss
• Pieter Strydom — Striker
• Scott Styris — Pig, Pigdog
• Pat Symcox — Symmo
• Andrew Symonds — Symo, Roy, Golden Bollocks, Monkey
• Shakib Al Hasan — Moyna'
• Sourav Ganguly — Dada,The Bengal Tiger,The Royal Bengal Tiger Of Indian Cricket,The Prince of Kolkata,The Maharaja of Cricket,India's Most Successful Captain,God On The Off Side,The True Legend,Lord Snooty,Captain Genius^[25]

T

• Shaun Tait — Sloon, Slinger
• Mark Taylor — Tubs, Tubby
• Ross Taylor — Roscoe
• Sachin Tendulkar — Tendlya,Sach,Master Blaster,The Little Master,Paaji,Slashin Sachin,The Bombay Bomber,Grand Pa,God Of Cricket,The Legend Of Indian Cricket,4+6=10dulkar,10dulkar ^[25]
• Alan Thomson — Froggie
• Jeff Thomson — Two-up, Thommo
• Graham Thorpe — Thorpey', Chalky
• 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^[49]
• Derek Underwood — Deadly^[50]

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
• V V S Laxman — Very Very Special

W

• Max Walker — Tangles
• Doug Walters — Freddie, Bikki
• Shane Warne — Warney, Hollywood, The Sheikh of Tweak, Warna, The King of Spin
• Shane Watson — Watto, Will, Carson
• Steve Waugh — Tugga, Iceman,Waugh-drobe (pronounced as 'War-drobe')
• Mark Waugh — Afghan^[51],Junior
• Cameron White — Bear, Carn, Cam, The Goat, Whitey
• 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
• Yuvraj Singh —Yuvi, Bowlers' Nightmare, Indian 36(because he hit six sixes in an over, a feat only performed once before in international cricket),Maharaja of Indian Cricket,Punjab da Puttar

Z

• Nuwan Zoysa — digga

See also

• List of cricket terms

References