List of nicknames used in cricket

Cricket has a rich tradition of using nicknames. This is a list of nicknames used in international cricket.

Officials, umpires and commentators

 * Jonathan Agnew – Spiro, Aggers
 * Harold Bird – Dickie
 * Henry Blofeld – Blowers
 * Billy Bowden – Billy
 * Steve Bucknor – Slow Death Bucknor
 * Bill Frindall – Bearded Wonder, Bearders
 * Robin Jackman – Jackers
 * Brian Johnston – Johnners
 * Mpumelelo Mbangwa – Pommie
 * Christopher Martin-Jenkins – CMJ
 * Don Mosey – The Alderman
 * Ashish Nehra – Nehra Ji
 * David Shepherd – Shep
 * Alan Wilkins – Wilko

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 Irish cricket team supporters ― Blarney Army
 * An organised group of New Zealand cricket team supporters – The Beige Brigade
 * An organised group of Indian cricket team supporters – Bharat Army

Players
Following is arranged according to last names.

A

 * Paul Adams - Gogga (Afrikaans nickname, which means 'insect')
 * Shahid Afridi – Boom Boom Afridi, Lala
 * Jonathan Agnew – Aggers, Spiro
 * Mushtaq Ahmed – Mushie, Jaadugar
 * Saeed Ajmal – The Magician, Saeed Bhai
 * Shoaib Akhtar – Rawalpindi Express
 * Wasim Akram – Sultan of Swing
 * Terry Alderman - The Smiling Assassin, Clem (after Clem Jones, alderman and mayor of Brisbane, curator of The Gabba)
 * James Anderson – The Burnley Lara, The Burnley Express
 * Warwick Armstrong – Big Ship
 * Geoff Arnold – Horse
 * Mohammad Ashraful – Matin
 * Ravichandran Ashwin – Ash, Anna
 * Mike Atherton – Athers, FEC, Cockroach, Dready, Iron Mike
 * Babar Azam – Bobby Badshah,

B

 * Trevor Bailey – The Boil, Barnacle
 * David Bairstow - Bluey
 * Jonny Bairstow – YJB
 * 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, Guy the Gorilla
 * Geoffrey Boycott – Fiery, Boycs, Thatch
 * Don Bradman – The Don
 * Dwayne Bravo – DJ
 * Mike Brearley – Brears, Scagg
 * Stuart Broad – Westlife
 * Katherine Brunt – Brunty, Nunny
 * Jasprit Bumrah – Boom
 * Mark Butcher – Butch, Baz

C

 * Andy Caddick – Des, Shack, Wingnut
 * Yuzvendra Chahal – Yuzi
 * Shivnarine Chanderpaul – Tiger, Tigerpaul The Chanderwall
 * Ian Chappell – Chappelli
 * Roston Chase – Youngross
 * Dan Christian – Dan the Man
 * Michael Clarke – Pup, Clarkey
 * Herbie Collins – Horseshoe
 * Alastair Cook – Chef, Captain Cook
 * Learie Constantine – Electric Heels
 * Mark Cosgrove – Cossy, Baby-Boof
 * John Crawley – Creepy
 * Colin Croft – Bomber
 * Kate Cross – Crossy
 * Martin Crowe – Hogan
 * Pat Cummins – Patto, Cummo

D

 * Nida Dar – Lady Boom Boom
 * Ian Davis – Wizard
 * Phillip DeFreitas – Daffy
 * A. B. de Villiers – ABD, Mr. 360°
 * Peter Denning – Dasher
 * Kapil Dev – The Haryana Hurricane
 * Ted Dexter – Lord Ted
 * Shikhar Dhawan – Gabbar
 * M. S. Dhoni – Thala, MSD, Mahi, Captain Cool
 * Graham Dilley – Pica, Dill
 * Michael Di Venuto – Diva
 * Basil D'Oliveira – Dolly, Bas
 * Allan Donald – White Lightning
 * Brett Dorey – Behemoth
 * Deandra Dottin – World Boss
 * J. W. H. T. Douglas – Johnny Won't Hit Today
 * Rahul Dravid – The Wall, Jammy
 * K. S. Duleepsinhji – Duleep Mr Smith
 * Sophia Dunkley – Dunks
 * Mignon du Preez – Minx

E

 * Phil Edmonds – Goat, Henry
 * Charlotte Edwards – Lottie, Chief
 * Fidel Edwards – Castro
 * Matthew Elliott – Herb
 * John Emburey – Embers, Ernie, Knuckle
 * Farokh Engineer - Rooky, Brylcreem Boy, Dikra Farookh
 * Sean Ervine – Slug, Siuc

F

 * Imran Farhat – Romi
 * James Faulkner – The Finisher
 * Steven Finn – The Watford Wall
 * Andre Fletcher – The Spice Man
 * Andrew Flintoff – Freddie
 * Graeme Fowler – Foxy
 * Peter Fulton – Two-metre Peter

G

 * Gautam Gambhir – Gauti
 * Sourav Ganguly – Prince of Kolkata, God of Offside, Dada
 * Joel Garner – Big Bird
 * Mike Gatting – Fat Gatt
 * Sunil Gavaskar – Little master, Sunny
 * Chris Gayle – World Boss, Mr. T20, Universe Boss,
 * Herschelle Gibbs – Scooter
 * Eddie Gilbert – Fast Eddie
 * Adam Gilchrist – Gilly, Churchy
 * Ashley Giles – Gilo, Skinny, Splash, The King of Spain, Wheelie Bin
 * Jason Gillespie – Dizzy
 * David Gower – Stoat
 * W. G. Grace – W. G., The Doctor
 * Rebecca Grundy – Grunners, Carol
 * Umar Gul – Guldozer
 * Asanka Gurusinha – Gura

H

 * Brad Haddin – BJ, Hadds
 * Richard Hadlee – Paddles
 * Mohammad Hafeez – Professor, Professor of Sargodha
 * Alex Hales – Baz
 * Haseeb Hameed – Baby Boycott
 * Steve Harmison – Harmy, GBH (Grievous Bodily Harmison)
 * Chris Harris – Lugs
 * M J Harris – Pasty
 * 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
 * Rachael Haynes – Des, Dessie
 * George Headley – Black Bradman
 * Alyssa Healy – Midge
 * Hunter Hendry – Stork
 * Ben Hilfenhaus – Hilfy
 * Jack Hobbs – The Master
 * Brad Hodge – Hodgey, Dodgeball
 * Matthew Hoggard – Oggie
 * Michael Holding – Whispering Death
 * James Hopes – Catfish
 * A. N. Hornby – Monkey, The Boss
 * Merv Hughes – Fruitfly
 * Nasser Hussain – Nashwan
 * David Hussey – Huss, Bomber, Junior Mr. Cricket
 * Michael Hussey – Mr Cricket, Huss

I

 * Inzamam-ul-Haq – Inzi
 * Bert Ironmonger – Dainty
 * Tamim Iqbal – Dot Baba

J

 * Ravindra Jadeja – Jaddu, Rockstar, Sir Jadeja
 * Phil Jaques – Pro
 * Douglas Jardine – The Iron Duke
 * Sanath Jayasuriya – Matara Mauler
 * Mahela Jayawardene – Maiya
 * Gilbert Jessop – The Croucher
 * Mitchell Johnson – Midge, Notch
 * Jess Jonassen – JJ
 * Ernie Jones – Jonah
 * Simon Jones – Horse

K

 * Mohammad Kaif – Kaifu
 * Romesh Kaluwitharana – Little Kalu, Little Dynamite
 * Danish Kaneria – Nani-Danny
 * Marizanne Kapp – Kappie
 * Chamara Kapugedera – Kapu
 * Dinesh Karthik – DK
 * Michael Kasprowicz – Kasper
 * Simon Katich – Kat
 * Justin Kemp – Kempie
 * Robert Key – Keysy
 * Imran Khan – The Lion of Lahore
 * Zaheer Khan – Zak
 * Usman Khawaja – Uzzie, Captain Grumpy
 * Delissa Kimmince – DK
 * Michael Klinger – Maxy
 * Lance Klusener - Zulu
 * Heather Knight – Trev
 * Alan Knott – Knotty, Flea
 * Bhuvneshwar Kumar - Bhuvi,
 * Virat Kohli – Cheeku, King Kohli
 * Anil Kumble – Apple, Jumbo

L

 * Allan Lamb – Legga, Lambie
 * Justin Langer – Alfie, JL
 * Meg Lanning – Megastar, Serious Sally
 * Brian Lara – The Prince of Port of Spain
 * Gavin Larsen – The Postman
 * V. V. S. Laxman – Very Very Special
 * Bill Lawry – Phantom
 * Geoff Lawson – Henry
 * Darren Lehmann – Boof
 * Brett Lee – Bing, Binga, The Speedster,
 * H. D. G. Leveson Gower – Shrimp
 * Dennis Lillee – FOT
 * Clive Lloyd – Super Cat
 * David Lloyd – Bumble
 * Chris Lynn – Lynnsanity, Bash Brother

M

 * Charles Macartney – Governor-General
 * Stuart MacGill – Mac, Magilla
 * Ken Mackay – Slasher
 * Farveez Maharoof – Fara
 * Jimmy Maher – Mahbo
 * Sajid Mahmood – Saj, King
 * Lasith Malinga – Malinga The Slinga, The Yorker King
 * Ashley Mallett – Rowdy
 * Vic Marks – Skid, Speedy
 * Charles Marriott – Father
 * Mitchell 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
 * Angelo Mathews – Angie, Superman, Jocka
 * Greg Matthews – Mo
 * Glenn Maxwell – Big Show, Maxi/Maxy
 * Stan McCabe – Napper
 * Brendon McCullum – Bash Brother
 * Glenn McGrath – Pigeon, Millard
 * Graham McKenzie – Garth
 * Brian McMillan – Big Mac
 * Craig McMillan – Macca
 * Colin Miller – Funky
 * Keith Miller – Nugget
 * Misbah-ul-Haq – Lone warrior, Tuk tuk, Man of Crisis
 * Amit Mishra – Mishi
 * Dave Mohammed – Tadpole
 * Beth Mooney – Moons
 * Roberta Moretti Avery – Big Mom
 * Chris Morris – Tipo
 * John Morrison – Mystery
 * Mashrafe Mortaza – Norail Express, Koushik
 * Muttiah Muralitharan – Murali
 * Tim Murtagh – Dial M
 * Phil Mustard – Colonel
 * Mustafizur Rahman - The Fizz

N

 * Mohammad Nabi – The President
 * 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
 * Shikha Pandey – Shikhipedia
 * Monty Panesar – The Mont-ster, Python, The Beard to be Feared, The Sikh of Tweak
 * Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi – Tiger
 * Jeetan Patel – Dave
 * Ellyse Perry – Pez
 * Kevin Pietersen – K. P., Kelvin, Kelv, Kapes
 * Liam Plunkett – Pudsy
 * Pat Pocock – Percy
 * Kieron Pollard – Polly
 * Peter Pollock – Pooch, The Big Dog
 * Shaun Pollock – Polly
 * Ricky Ponting – Punter
 * Matt Prior – The Cheese

R

 * Mustafizur Rahman – Fizz
 * Suresh Raina – Mr. IPL, Chinna Thala
 * Mark Ramprakash – Ramps
 * Arjuna Ranatunga – Captain Cool
 * Derek Randall – Arkle, Rags
 * K. S. Ranjitsinhji – Ranji
 * Matt Renshaw – The Turtle
 * Viv Richards – Smokin Joe, Smokey, King Viv, The Emperor, The Master Blaster
 * Greg Ritchie – Fat Cat
 * Raymond Robertson-Glasgow – Crusoe
 * Andrew Symonds - roy

S

 * Megan Schutt – Schutter/Shooter
 * Virender Sehwag – Viru, Multan ka Sultan, Nawab of Najafgarh
 * Mohammad Shahzad – Mahi, M. S., Shazi
 * Rohit Sharma – Hit-Man, Shana, 264
 * Sandeep Sharma – Sandy
 * Anya Shrubsole – Hoof
 * Jack Simmons – Flat Jack, Simmo
 * Harbhajan Singh – Bhajji, Turbanator
 * Mandeep Singh – Mandy
 * Yuvraj Singh –Yuvi, Prince
 * E J Smith – Tiger
 * Steve Smith – Smithy, Smudge, GOD
 * Fred Spofforth – The Demon
 * Alec Stewart – The Gaffer
 * Andrew Strauss – Lord Brocket, Straussy, Levi, Muppet, Johann, Mare Man

T

 * Hugh Tayfield – Toey
 * Brian Taylor – Tonker
 * Mark Taylor – Tubby
 * Ross Taylor – Rosco, Pallekelle Plunderer
 * Sachin Tendulkar – The God of Cricket, Little Master, Bombay Bomber, Tendlya
 * Shardul Thakur - Lord Shardul, Lord
 * Jeff Thomson – Thommo, Two-Up
 * Marcus Trescothick – Tresco, Banger
 * Fred Trueman – Fiery
 * Phil Tufnell – Tuffers, The Cat
 * Alan Turner – Fitteran
 * Charles Turner – The Terror
 * Frank Tyson – Typhoon

U

 * Derek Underwood – Deadly

W

 * Max Walker – Tangles
 * Georgia Wareham – Wolfie
 * Shane Warne – Warnie, The King of Spin, The Sheikh of Tweak,
 * Pelham Warner – Plum
 * Mark Waugh – Afghan - the forgotten Waugh, Junior
 * Steve Waugh – Tugga
 * Jack White – Farmer
 * Kane Williamson - The King
 * Bob Willis – Goose, Dylan, Harold, Swordfish
 * Paul Wilson – Blocker
 * Lauren Winfield – Loz
 * Chris Woakes – Wizard
 * Danni Wyatt – Waggy

Y

 * Suryakumar Yadav – SKY
 * Bruce Yardley – Roo

Z

 * Monde Zondeki – All Hands