A
Shahid Afridi — Boom Boom Afridi, Lala
Ajit Agarkar — Bombay Duck, 007 (After seven consecutive ducks for India and is from Bombay)
Mushtaq Ahmed — Mushy
Shoaib Akhtar — The Rawalpindi Express
Wasim Akram — Waz
Michael Atherton — FEC Future England Captain ( during his time at Fenners, Cambridge University or afterwards unkindly as F***ing Educated C**t), Captain Grumpy, The Cockroach
B
Trevor Bailey — The Boil, Barnacle
Omari Banks — Bankie, Cowheb
Gareth Batty — Batts, Ronan, Scotty
Ian Bell — Belly, Boyband, The Shermanator (Shane Warne's sledging)
Richie Benaud — Diamonds[1]
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, Guy the Gorilla
Mark Boucher — Guinness, Billy
Geoff Boycott — Fiery, Boycs, Thatch
Nathan Bracken — Bracks, Andy G
Don Bradman — The Don
Mike Brearley — Plank
Mark Butcher — Butch
C
Andrew Caddick — Caddyshack, Wingnut
Chris Cairns — B.A. (Bad Attitude) Cairnsey
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
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)
Mark Dale — Arth, Arthur
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
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 — Jammy, The Wall, The Great Wall of India, The LC
Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji — Duleep, Mr Smith
E
Bruce Edgar — Bootsy
Matthew Elliot — Herb
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 [2], 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)
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, The Sack Man
Adam Gilchrist — Church, 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)
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
Nathan Hauritz — Horry
Matthew Hayden — Haydos, Unit, Big Fish [3]
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
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)
Michael Hussey — The Huss, Mr Cricket, The New Bradman
I
Inzamam-ul-Haq — Inzy, Aloo, The Big Man, Potato [4] The Sultan of Multan
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)
Gilbert Jessop — The Croucher
Mitchell Johnson — Midge
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, 'Katshit'
Justin Kemp — Daryll (Shane Warne's sledging)
Robert Key — Bob
Imran Khan — The Lion of Lahore, The King of Swing
Zaheer Khan — Zak
Michael Klinger — Maxy
Lance Klusener — Zulu
Anil Kumble — Jumbo, Kumbles, The smiling assassin
Gary Kirsten — Gazza
Romesh Kaluwitharana — The Little Dynamo, Little Kalu
L
Justin Langer — Alf, Alfie (After Australian Rugby League player Allan Langer), Brown Nose Gnome, BNG
Charl Langeveldt — Langes
Brian Lara — The Prince, The Prince of Port of Spain'
Gavin Larsen — The Postman (apparently he always delivered!)
Harold Larwood — Lol
Bill Lawry — Phantom, Phanta, The corpse with pads on (he loved Phantom comics)
Geoff Lawson — Henry
VVS Laxman — Very Very Special
Brett Lee — Bing, Binga, Oswald
Warren Lees — Wally
Darren Lehmann — Boof, Shrek
Henry Leveson-Gower — Shrimp
Jon Lewis — Lewy
Mick Lewis — Billy, '113
Dennis Lillee — D.K., The Menace, F.O.T (******* Old Tart)
Denis Lindsay — Sporty
Clive Lloyd — Super Cat
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
Sajid Mahmood — Saj, King
Shoaib Malik — Terminator
Lasith Malinga — Slinga Malinga, The Pocket Rocket
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)
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[5]
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
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
Marcus North — Snork
Makhaya Ntini — Macky; George (Curious George)
O
Chris Old — Chilly (from C.Old)
Kerry O'Keeffe — Skull
Bill O'Reilly — Tiger
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
Parthiv Patel — Bachcha (child in Hindi)
Kevin Pietersen — K.P., Kelvin, Kelv, Kapes, The Big Show, (The) Ego, FIGJAM
Liam Plunkett — Pudsy, The Kid
Graeme Pollock — The Little Dog
Peter Pollock — The Big Dog
Shaun Pollock — Polly, Ginger, The Nibbler
Ricky Ponting — Punter, Chinaman
Ashwell Prince — Ashy P
Matthew Prior — P. Matthew, MP, The Cheese, 'Cheese', 'Cheesey', 'Mr Cheese', 'Cheesebox'
Munaf Patel — Lagaan, Lagaan Bhai, Phattu
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
Abdul Razzaq — Razzler, Popeye[6]
Bruce Reid — Chook
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
Chris Rogers — Bucky
Jacques Rudolph — Jackie
Ken Rutherford — Ruds or Rudder
Arjuna Ranatunga — Captain Cool
S
Marlon Samuels — Elegance, Sagabwoy
Mohammed Sami — Salami, The Karachi Express
Ramnaresh Sarwan — Sars, Ronnie
Virender Sehwag — Viru, Prince of Najafgarh, Sultan of Multan
Paul Sheahan — Timbers
Ravi Shastri — Shaz
Ryan Sidebottom — Sidey
Bob Simpson — Simmo
Navjot Singh Sidhu —Sherry, Jonty Singh, Sixer Sidhu
Mathew Sinclair — Skippy
Yuvraj Singh —Yuvi
Michael Slater — Slats
Peter Sleep — Sounda
Sir Aubrey Smith — Round the Corner
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 [7], Wing Commander Strauss
Pieter Strydom — Striker
Scott Styris — Pig, Pigdog
Pat Symcox — Symmo
Andrew Symonds — Symo, Roy, Golden Bollocks
Sree Santh — Sree
T
Shaun Tait — Sloon
Mark Taylor — Tubby, Tails
Ross Taylor — Roscoe
Sachin Tendulkar — Tendlya, Little Master, The Master Blaster,The Bombay Bomber
Alan Thomson — Froggie
Jeff Thomson — Two-up, Thomo
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, Nice Shags
Derek Underwood — Deadly
V
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
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 — Junior (two minutes younger to his twin brother Steve Waugh), Afghanistan (The forgotten Waugh)
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
Waqar Younis The Burewala Bomber [1]
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 — Zippy
Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan (as a batting partnership) The two Y's, The Scourges of Indian Bowlers
Teams
Australia's 1948 tour of England — The Invincibles
Australian national cricket team — Baggy Greens, Aussies
Bangladeshi national cricket team — The Tigers
New Zealand national cricket team — The Black Caps, The Kiwis
South African national cricket team — The Proteas, (formerly) The Springboks
Sri Lankan national cricket team — The Lions, Lion Cubs, The Sirils, The Island Magic
West Indian national cricket team — The Windies, The Calypsos
Indian national cricket team — The Men in Blue
Pakistan national cricket team — The Star
Canadian national team One man army
Officials, umpires and commentators
Jonathan Agnew — Aggers
Harold Bird — Dickie Bird
Henry Blofeld — Blowers
Brent Bowden — Billy
Steve Bucknor — Slow Death
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
Supporters
An organised group of English cricket team supporters — The Barmy Army
An organised group of New Zealand cricket team supporters — The Beige Brigade
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 Australian cricket team supporters — The Fanatics