Cricketer nicknames...

by **Fists of Fury** Thu 03 Nov 2011, 5:54 am

Quick competition to start us off on this fine Thursday morning. Below are a selection of nicknames given to cricketers over the years, can you name the cricketer? No cheating!

Winner gets nothing Smile

Boom Boom - Shahid Afridi (Shanky)
The Rawalpindi Express - Shoaib Akhtar (Shanky)
The Sherminator - Ian Bell (Shanky)
Pup - Michael Clarke (Shanky)
The Chef - Alastair Cook (Shanky)
The Haryana Hurricane - Kapil Dev (Shanky)
The Wall - Rahul Dravid (Shanky)
~~Daffy - Phil Defreitas (Dorothy_mantooth)~~
The Prince of Kolkata - Sourav Ganguly (Shanky)
The Sultan of Multan - Inzamam Ul Haq (Shanky - your first answer was right)
Master Blaster - Viv Richards (Shanky)
~~The Colonel - Phil Mustard (Hoggy)~~
~~The Big Dog - Graeme Pollock (Jdizzle)~~
Tiger - Bill O'Reilly (Hoggy)
Super Cat - Clive Lloyd (Hoggy)
Lord Brocket - Andrew Strauss (Hoggy)
~~The Little Master - Sachin Tendulkar (Shanky)~~

Few easy ones, couple that require a little more thinking about.

by ShankyCricket Thu 03 Nov 2011, 5:58 am

Afridi
Akthar
Bell
M Clarke
Cook
Kapil Dev
Dravid
?
Ganguly
Inzy
Viv
?
?
Nawab of Pataudi jnr
?
?
Tendulkar(earlier Gavaskar)

by Pete C (Kiwireddevil) Thu 03 Nov 2011, 6:00 am

Fists of Fury wrote:Quick competition to start us off on this fine Thursday morning. Below are a selection of nicknames given to cricketers over the years, can you name the cricketer? No cheating!

Winner gets nothing

Boom Boom - Afridi
The Rawalpindi Express - Akhtar
The Sherminator - Bell
Pup - Michael Clark
The Chef -
The Haryana Hurricane -
The Wall - Dravid
Daffy -
The Prince of Kolkata - Ganguly?
The Sultan of Multan -
Master Blaster - Viv Richards
The Colonel -
The Big Dog -
Tiger -
Super Cat -
Lord Brocket -
The Little Master - Sachin

Few easy ones, couple that require a little more thinking about.

A few more:
B.A. -
Mantis -
Paddles -
Hogan -
Punter -
Sheik of Tweak -
Earl of Twirl -
Dizzie -

[Edit] too slow on the post button again!

by ShankyCricket Thu 03 Nov 2011, 6:02 am

On second thoughts,I think Wasim is the sultan of Multan rather than Inzy and no,I havent cheated Smile

by ShankyCricket Thu 03 Nov 2011, 6:02 am

Punter-Ponting
Dizzie-Gillespie

by Hoggy_Bear Thu 03 Nov 2011, 6:10 am

The Colonel=Phil Mustard
Daffy= Phil Defraitas(sp)
Tiger=Bill O'Reilly
Super Cat= Clive Lloyd
Lord Brocket=Andrew Strauss
Paddles=Richard Hadlee

by ShankyCricket Thu 03 Nov 2011, 6:11 am

MAK Pataudi was also known as Tiger Smile

by Hoggy_Bear Thu 03 Nov 2011, 6:15 am

shankythebiggestengfan wrote:MAK Pataudi was also known as Tiger

True enough, did think about him as well.

by Gregers Thu 03 Nov 2011, 7:21 am

The best nickname of all time - The King of Spain

by **Fists of Fury** Thu 03 Nov 2011, 7:27 am

Ha, yeah, good old Gilo.

by JDizzle Thu 03 Nov 2011, 7:44 am

Read this one the other day when reading about Eddie Barlow, is "The Big Dog" Graeme Pollock?

by **Fists of Fury** Thu 03 Nov 2011, 7:48 am

Correct.

by **Biltong** Thu 03 Nov 2011, 7:58 am

Who was?

White Lighning
Zulu
Gogga
Guinness
Bodge
Kalahari
Little dog
Big dog
ginger
Biff

by ShankyCricket Thu 03 Nov 2011, 7:59 am

Biff - Graeme Smith

Zulu - Lance Klusener

by **Biltong** Thu 03 Nov 2011, 8:02 am

yes and...?

by ShankyCricket Thu 03 Nov 2011, 8:03 am

White Lightening - Allan Donald

by **Biltong** Thu 03 Nov 2011, 8:03 am

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees.................

by ShankyCricket Thu 03 Nov 2011, 8:05 am

Little Dog - Barry Richards?

by **Galted** Thu 03 Nov 2011, 8:10 am

Gogga = Adams
think the 2 dogs were 2 of the Pollocks

by **Galted** Thu 03 Nov 2011, 8:11 am

& Kalahari is Kallis

by ShankyCricket Thu 03 Nov 2011, 8:13 am

Guinness-Ntini?

by **Biltong** Thu 03 Nov 2011, 8:16 am

Galted wrote:Gogga = Adams
think the 2 dogs were 2 of the Pollocks

yes

by **Biltong** Thu 03 Nov 2011, 8:17 am

Galted yes for for both

by **Biltong** Thu 03 Nov 2011, 8:17 am

shankythebiggestengfan wrote:Guinness-Ntini?

no

by ShankyCricket Thu 03 Nov 2011, 8:20 am

Guinness - Mike Procter?

by **Biltong** Thu 03 Nov 2011, 8:59 am

shankythebiggestengfan wrote:Guinness - Mike Procter?

no

by **Biltong** Thu 03 Nov 2011, 9:00 am

Here are all the nicknames of cricketers, read to your hearts content.
http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/cricketplayers.htm

by **Galted** Thu 03 Nov 2011, 9:56 am

embarrassingly enough didn't have a clue who ginger could be

by dancingweeman Thu 03 Nov 2011, 1:32 pm

Graham Dilley - Pica.

My favourite so far!

by Demon Racer Thu 03 Nov 2011, 1:37 pm

The Bombay Duck???

by hodge Thu 03 Nov 2011, 3:47 pm

no banger in there Erm

i sense CF has a hand in this keeping him out of something else!! Whistle

by Corporalhumblebucket Thu 03 Nov 2011, 6:32 pm

Fists of Fury wrote:Ha, yeah, good old Gilo.

And he also had another excellent name - Wheelie / Wheelie bin. Which is absolutely brilliant.... Very Happy

by guildfordbat Thu 03 Nov 2011, 8:20 pm

Corporalhumblebucket wrote:
Fists of Fury wrote:Ha, yeah, good old Gilo.

And he also had another excellent name - Wheelie / Wheelie bin. Which is absolutely brilliant....

This probably paves the way for me to make my proudest cricketing boast although I wasn't aware of its significance at the time. In a Sunday Surrey village friendly with my side nine wickets down I batted out the last over bowled by Ashley Giles to scrape a draw. Mind you, at the time the future King of Spain was about fifteen and I was almost thirty .... Wink

by **Fists of Fury** Fri 04 Nov 2011, 6:41 am

Haha, well done, sir!

by ShankyCricket Fri 04 Nov 2011, 6:55 am

Any more guys?

by Guest Fri 04 Nov 2011, 6:56 am

Daffy is Danny Morrison

by **Fists of Fury** Fri 04 Nov 2011, 7:05 am

Demon Racer wrote:The Bombay Duck???

Good old Ajit Agarkar.

by Stella Fri 04 Nov 2011, 7:17 am

Martin Crowe's is Hogan Wink

by Pete C (Kiwireddevil) Fri 04 Nov 2011, 7:51 am

Some of the ones I posted yesterday have been answered, but here's the full list:
B.A. - Chrs Cairns ("Bad Attitude")
Mantis - Jeremy Coney
Paddles - Richard Hadlee
Hogan - Martin Crowe
Punter - Ricky Ponting
Sheik of Tweak - Shane Warne
Earl of Twirl - Tim May
Dizzie -Jason Gillespie

by Dorothy_Mantooth Fri 04 Nov 2011, 8:02 am

Phil DeFreitas I am sure was/is known as Daffy.

by **Fists of Fury** Fri 04 Nov 2011, 8:40 am

Correct!

by Demon Racer Fri 04 Nov 2011, 9:44 am

Fists of Fury wrote:
Demon Racer wrote:The Bombay Duck???

Good old Ajit Agarkar.

Spot on FoF

by Demon Racer Fri 04 Nov 2011, 9:45 am

My personal favorite, The Phantom/The Walking Wicket - Chris Martin.

by Stella Fri 04 Nov 2011, 9:46 am

Nantie Haywood?

by Corporalhumblebucket Fri 04 Nov 2011, 7:01 pm

Gareth Batty is often called Nora by the Surrey posters here.....

and Ramps is at risk of morphing into Gramps.... Very Happy

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