Cricket has a rich tradition of using nicknames. This is a List of nicknames used in international cricket.
Australian national cricket team
1948 tour of England—The Invincibles
Bangladesh Cricket Team —The Tigers
India national cricket team — Men in Blue, The Blues
Ireland Cricket team - Green and Whites or Men in Green
Nepal National Cricket Team - The Rhinos , The Gorkhas
New Zealand national cricket team — The Black Caps,Kiwis
Pakistan national cricket team — Men in Green, The Gang Green, The Green Shirts, The Green Army, Green Army,the eagles
South African national cricket team — The Proteas, The Saffas, the Saffaris
Sri Lankan national cricket team — The Lions, Slankans
Uganda national cricket team - Cricket Cranes
West Indian national cricket team — The Windies
Zimbabwe national cricket team - The Chevrons
Jonathan Agnew — Spiro, Aggers
Harold Bird — Dickie Bird
Henry Blofeld — Blowers
Ian Botham — Beefy
Billy Bowden — Billy
Steve Bucknor — Slow Death Bucknor
Bill Frindall — Bearded Wonder, Bearders
Ramiz Raja - Rambo
Wasim Akram - Wazz , Sultan of Swing
Waqar Younis - Vicky
Robin Jackman — Jackers
Brian Johnston — Johnners
David Lloyd — Bumble
Craig McMillan — Macca
Mpumelelo Mbangwa — Pommie
Christopher Martin-Jenkins — CMJ
Don Mosey — The Alderman
David Shepherd — Shep
Alan Wilkins — Wilko
Simon Doull — Doully
Nasser Hussain — Nas
Mark Richardson - Rigor
Ian Bishop - Bish
Rahul Dravid — The Wall
An organised group of Australian cricket team supporters — The Fanatics
An organised group of English cricket team supporters — Barmy Army
An organised group of New Zealand cricket team supporters — The Beige Brigade
An organised group of Bangladesh cricket team supporters — CricketKhor(ক্রিকেটখোর)
An organised group of India national cricket team supporters - The Bharat Army'
An organized group of Pakistan national cricket team supporters - The Pak army
Shahid Afridi — Boom Boom Afridi, Lala
Mushtaq Ahmed — Mushie, Jaadugar
Saeed Ajmal — The Magician, Saeed Bhai
Shoaib Akhtar — Rawalpindi Express
James Anderson - The Burnley Lara, Jimmy
Warwick Armstrong — Big Ship
Mike Atherton — Athers, FEC, Cockroach, Dready, Iron Mike
Mohammad Ashraful — Matin
Trevor Bailey — The Boil, Barnacle
Omari Banks — Bankie
Eddie Barlow — Bunter
Gareth Batty — Boris, Nora
Michael Beer — Frothy'
Ian Bell — Belly, The Sherminator
Richie Benaud — Diamonds
Travis Birt — Edgar
Allan Border — AB, Captain Grumpy
Ian Botham — Beefy
Geoffrey Boycott - Fiery, Boycs, Thatch
Don Bradman — The Don
Mike Brearley — Brears, Scagg
Stuart Broad — Westlife
Mark Butcher — Butch
Ian Chappell — Chappelli,
Michael Clarke— Pup, Clarkey
Alastair Cook— Chef,
Mark Cosgrove — Cossy, Baby-Boof
John Crawley — Creepy
Shikhar Dhawan — Gabbar,
Phillip DeFreitas — Daffy
AB de Villiers — AB, Mr. 360 Degree,
Kapil Dev — The Haryana Hurricane,
Ted Dexter — Lord Ted,
Graham Dilley — Pica Dill
Michael Di Venuto — Diva
Basil D'Oliveira — Dolly, Bas
Allan Donald — White Lightning
Brett Dorey — Behemoth
J.W.H.T. Douglas — Johnny Won't Hit Today
Rahul Dravid — The Wall, ""Jammy""
Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji — Duleep, Mr Smith
Mahendra Singh Dhoni — MSD,CAPTAIN COOL'''Captain Cool,
Matthew Elliott — Herb
Sean Ervine — Slug, Siuc
Fidel Edwards — Castro
Imran Farhat — Romi
James Faulkner — The Finisher
Andrew Flintoff — Freddie
Peter Fulton — Two-metre Peter
Steve Finn — The Watford Wall
Sourav Ganguly — Dada, ""Maharaja"", ""Prince of Calcutta""
Joel Garner — Big Bird
Adam Gilchrist — Gilly Churchy
Jason Gillespie — Dizzy
Herschelle Gibbs — Scooter
Gautam Gambhir — Gauti
Ashley Giles — Gilo, Skinny, Splash, The King of Spain', Wheelie Bin
Umar Gul - Guldozer
Asanka Gurusinha — Gura
David Gower - Stoat,
Brad Haddin — BJ, Hadds
Richard Hadlee — Paddles
Alex Hales - Baz
Stephen Harmison — Harmy,
Chris Harris — Lugs
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
George Headley — Black Bradman
Hunter Hendry — Stork
Ben Hilfenhaus — Hilfy,
Jack Hobbs — The Master
Brad Hodge — Hodgey, Dodgeball
Brad Hogg— Docker, George,
Matthew Hoggard — Oggie
Michael Holding — Whispering Death
A N Hornby — Monkey, The Boss
James Hopes — Catfish,
Merv Hughes — Fruitfly
Nasser Hussain — Nashwan
David Hussey — Huss, Bomber, Junior Mr. Cricket
Michael Hussey — Mr Cricket, Huss
Bert Ironmonger — Dainty
Sanath Jayasuriya — Sana, Master blaster Matara Mauler ,
Mitchell Johnson — Midge, Notch
Virat Kohli -Chiku, RunMachine,
Romesh Kaluwitharana — Little Kalu
Danish Kaneria — Nani-Danny
Chamara Kapugedera — Kapu
Michael Kasprowicz — Kasper
Simon Katich — Kat
Justin Kemp — Kempie
Robert Key — Keysy
Zaheer Khan - Zak
Michael Klinger — Maxy
Anil Kumble — Jumbo
Justin Langer— Alfie, JL
Gavin Larsen — The Postman
V V S Laxman — Very Very Special
Bill Lawry — Phantom
Darren Lehmann — Boof
Brett Lee — Bing, Binga, The Speedster
Dennis Lillee — FOT
Clive Lloyd — Super Cat
David Lloyd — Bumble
Chris Lynn — Lynnsanity
Charles Macartney — Governor-General
Stuart MacGill — Mac,
Ken Mackay — Slasher
Jimmy Maher — Mahbo
Sajid Mahmood — Saj, King, Big Saj,
Lasith Malinga — Malinga The Slinga
Angelo Mathews — Angie,Superman,Jocka
Ashley Mallett — Rowdy
Vic Marks — Skid, Speedy
Charles Marriott — Father Marriott
Mitch 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
Greg Matthews — Mo
Glenn Maxwell — Big Show
Mpumelelo Mbangwa — Pommie
Brendon McCullum — Baz
Nathan McCullum — Mattress, Matt-I
Craig McMillan — Macca
Bryce McGain — McGoo
Glenn McGrath — Pigeon, Millard
Graham McKenzie — Garth
Brian McMillan — Big Mac
Colin Miller — Funky
Keith Miller — Nugget
Dave Mohammed — Tadpole
John Morrison — Mystery
Mashrafe Mortaza — Koushik
Muttiah Muralitharan — Murali
Tim Murtagh — Dial M
Phil Mustard — (The) Colonel
Farveez Maharoof — Fara
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
Iain O'Brien — Ober
Chris Old — Chilly
Kerry O'Keeffe — Skull
Bill O'Reilly — Tiger
Milford Page — Curly
Monty Panesar — The Mont-ster, Python, The Beard to be Feared,The Sikh of Tweak
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi — Tiger
Jeetan Patel — Dave
Kevin Pietersen — K.P., Kelvin, Kelv, Kapes
Liam Plunkett — Pudsy
Graeme Pollock — The Little Dog
Peter Pollock — Pooch,The Big Dog
Ricky Ponting — Punter
Matt Prior — The Cheese
Joe Root — Rooty/The Run Machine
Ajinkya Rahane — Jinks
Mark Ramprakash — Ramps
Arjuna Ranatunga — Captain Cool
Matt Renshaw — Turtle
Vivian Richards — Smokin Joe, Smokey, King Viv, The Emperor The Master Blaster
Greg Ritchie — Fat Cat
Virender Sehwag — Viru, Nawab of Najafgarh, Sultan of Multan
Sandeep Sharma — Sandu
Harbhajan Singh — Bhajji, Turbanator
Mandeep Singh — Mandy
Steve Smith — Smudge
Andrew Strauss — Lord Brocket, Straussy, Levi, Muppet, Johann, Mare Man
Alec Stewart — The Gaffer
Rohit Sharma — Hit-Man, Shana
Sachin Tendulkar — master blaster, ""Little Master""
Mark Taylor — Tubby
Jeff Thomson — Thommo
Marcus Trescothick — Tresco, Banger
Phil Tuffnell — Tuffers, The Cat
Inzamam-ul-Haq — Inzi
Misbah-ul-Haq - Lone warrior, Tuk tuk King
Murali Vijay — Monk
Virat Kohli — The Run Machine, Cheeku cramps,crampy
Max Walker - Tangles
Mark Waugh — Afghan, Junior
Bruce Yardley - Roo
Yuvraj Singh —Yuvi
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