List of nicknames used in cricket

Teams

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

Officials, umpires and commentators

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

Supporters

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

A

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

B

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

C

Ian Chappell — Chappelli,

Michael Clarke— Pup, Clarkey

Alastair Cook— Chef,

Mark Cosgrove — Cossy, Baby-Boof

John Crawley — Creepy

D

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,

E

Matthew Elliott — Herb

Sean Ervine — Slug, Siuc

Fidel Edwards — Castro

F

Imran Farhat — Romi

James Faulkner — The Finisher

Andrew Flintoff — Freddie

Peter Fulton — Two-metre Peter

Steve Finn — The Watford Wall

G

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,

H

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

I

Bert Ironmonger — Dainty

J

Sanath Jayasuriya — Sana, Master blaster Matara Mauler ,

Mitchell Johnson — Midge, Notch

K

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

L

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

M

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

N

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

O

Iain O'Brien — Ober

Chris Old — Chilly

Kerry O'Keeffe — Skull

Bill O'Reilly — Tiger

P

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

R

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

S

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

T

Sachin Tendulkar — master blaster, ""Little Master""

Mark Taylor — Tubby

Jeff Thomson — Thommo

Marcus Trescothick — Tresco, Banger

Phil Tuffnell — Tuffers, The Cat

U

Inzamam-ul-Haq — Inzi

Misbah-ul-Haq - Lone warrior, Tuk tuk King

V

Murali Vijay — Monk

Virat Kohli — The Run Machine, Cheeku cramps,crampy

W

Max Walker - Tangles

Mark Waugh — Afghan, Junior

Y

Bruce Yardley - Roo

Yuvraj Singh —Yuvi