List of nicknames used in cricket

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

Teams

 * Australian national cricket team—The Baggy Greens
 * 1948 tour of England—The Invincibles
 * Bangladesh national cricket team - The Tigers
 * India national cricket team — Men in Blue, The Bluees
 * Ireland Cricket team - Leprechauns
 * England Cricket team - The Poms
 * Nepal National Cricket Team - The Rhinos, The Gorkhas
 * New Zealand national cricket team — The Black Caps, The Kiwis
 * Pakistan national cricket team — Men in Green, The Gang Green, The Green Shirts, The Green Army, Green Army
 * South African national cricket team — The Proteas, 'The Saffas, the Saffaris
 * Sri Lankan national cricket team — The Lions, Irelanders, Slankans
 * 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
 * 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

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'

A

 * Ravichandran Ashwin — Ash
 * Shahid Afridi — Boom Boom Afridi, Lala
 * Ashton Agar — Bambi
 * Mushtaq Ahmed — Mushie
 * 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'
 * Will Beer — The Young Beer
 * 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
 * Mark Cosgrove — Cossy, Baby-Boof
 * John Crawley — Creepy
 * Dinesh Chandimal — Chandi
 * Alastair Cook — The Chef

D

 * Shikhar Dhawan — Gabbar
 * Phillip DeFreitas — Daffy
 * Abraham de Villiers — AB, Mr.360
 * 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, Mr. Dependable,  Jammy 
 * Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji — Duleep, Mr Smith
 * Mahendra Singh Dhoni — Mahi, Captain Cool, MSD
 * Tillakaratne Dilshan — Mr. Pallekele, the Dilscoop, Dilee

E

 * Matthew Elliott — Herb
 * Sean Ervine — Slug, Siuc
 * Fidel Edwards — Castro

F

 * Imran Farhat — Romi
 * Andrew Flintoff — Freddie
 * Peter Fulton — Two-metre Peter
 * Steve Finn — The Watford Wall

G

 * Sunil Gavaskar — Sunny, Little Master
 * Sourav Ganguly — Dada, The Prince of Kolkata(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,
 * Virat Kohli -Chiku,

H

 * Mohammad Hafeez — dx, Cheena, Professor
 * Brad Haddin — BJ, Hadds
 * Richard Hadlee — Paddles
 * Stephen Harmison — Harmy, Grievous Bodily Harmison
 * Chris Harris — Lugs
 * Ryan Harris — Ryano
 * Chris Hartley — Hannibal
 * Ian Harvey — Harvs, The Freak
 * Shane Harwood — Stickers
 * 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
 * Mitchell Johnson — Midge, Notch
 * Mahela Jayawardene — Mayya
 * Ravindra Jadeja — Jaddu, Sir

K

 * Jacques Kallis — Jakes, Woogie, Kalahari
 * 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
 * Virat Kohli - Cheeku
 * Jason Krejza — Krazy
 * Nuwan Kulasekara — Kule
 * Bhuvneshwar Kumar — Bhuvi
 * 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
 * Shane Lee — Meadow
 * Dennis Lillee — FOT
 * Clive Lloyd — Super Cat
 * David Lloyd — Bumble

M

 * Charles Macartney — Governor-General
 * Stuart MacGill — Mac,
 * Ken Mackay — Slasher
 * Jimmy Maher — Mahbo
 * Sajid Mahmood — Saj, King, Big Saj,
 * Lasith Malinga — The Pocket Rocket, Malinga The Slinga
 * Chris Martin — The Phantom
 * Angelo Mathews — Angie,Superman,Jocka
 * Ashley Mallett — Rowdy
 * Vic Marks — Skid, Speedy
 * Charles Marriott — Father Marriott
 * 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, Maxi
 * Mpumelelo Mbangwa — Pommie
 * Brendon McCullum — Baz
 * Nathan McCullum — Mattress, Matt-I
 * Craig McMillan — Macca
 * Glenn McGrath — Pigeon, Millard
 * Graham McKenzie — Garth
 * Brian McMillan — Big Mac
 * Colin Miller — Funky
 * David Miller - Killer Miller
 * 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

 * James Neesham - Jimmy
 * André Nel — Nella; Gunther
 * Mfuneko Ngam — Chew
 * Paul Nixon — Badger, Nico
 * Monty Noble — Mary Ann
 * Ashley Noffke — Noffers
 * Marcus North — Snork
 * Makhaya Ntini — George

O

 * Iain O'Brien — Ober
 * Chris Old — Chilly
 * Kerry O'Keeffe — Skull
 * Bill O'Reilly — Tiger

P

 * Paras Khadka -  Bhane, Captain Cool
 * 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
 * Cheteshwar Pujara - Chintu

R

 * Ajinkya Rahane — Jinks
 * Mark Ramprakash — Ramps
 * Arjuna Ranatunga — Captain Cool
 * Vivian Richards — Smokin Joe, Smokey, King Viv, The Emperor The Master Blaster
 * Greg Ritchie — Fat Cat

S

 * Kumar Sangakkara - Sanga
 * Virender Sehwag — Viru, Nawab of Najafgarh, Sultan of Multan
 * Sandeep Sharma — Sandu
 * Peter Siddle - Sid Vicious, The Banana Man
 * Harbhajan Singh — Bhajji, Turbanator
 * Mandeep Singh — Mandy
 * Graeme Smith -Biff
 * Steve Smith — Smudge
 * Andrew Strauss — Lord Brocket, Straussy, Levi, Muppet, Johann, Mare Man
 * Alec Stewart — The Gaffer
 * Rohit Sharma — Hit-Man
 * Shakib Al Hasan - Moina
 * Scott Styris - The Pig, Styris the Virus
 * Krishnamachari Srikkanth - Cheeka

T

 * Mark Taylor — Tubby
 * Sachin Tendulkar — Little Master, Master Blaster, Tendlya, Bombay Bomber,GOD,GOD of cricket
 * Jeff Thomson — Thommo
 * Marcus Trescothick — Tresco, Banger
 * Phil Tufnell - The Cat, Tuffers

U

 * Inzamam-ul-Haq — Inzi
 * Misbah-ul-Haq - Lone warrior, Tuk tuk King
 * Robin Uthappa - The Walking Assassin

V

 * Murali Vijay — Monk

W

 * Max Walker - Tangles
 * Mark Waugh — Afghanistan, Junior
 * Shane Warne - Warnie,  Warney, The King of Spin, Spin King, ''Hollywood
 * Shakti Gauchan - The Power
 * Sompal Kami - Gulmi Express
 * Steve Waugh - Tugga
 * Cameron White - Bear
 * Wasim Akram - King of Swing,WAZ'
 * Waqar Younis - Burewala Express, Wiki, The Two W's (with Wasim Akram), Sultan of Swing, The Toe crusher
 * Kane Williamson - Steady The Ship

Y

 * Bruce Yardley - Roo
 * Yuvraj Singh —Yuvi