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
  • 1948 tour of England —The Invincibles^[1]
• Bangladesh Cricket Team —The Tigers ^[2]
• India national cricket team — The Blue Tigers^[3], Men in Blue, The Blues^[4]
• Ireland Cricket team — Green and Whites or Men in Green^[5]
• Nepal national cricket team — The Gorkhas, The Rhinos
• New Zealand national cricket team — The Black Caps, Kiwis^[6]
• Pakistan national cricket team — Green Shirts, The Shaheens, ^{[7][8][9][10]}
• South African national cricket team — The Proteas,^[11]
• Sri Lankan national cricket team — The Lions,^[12]
• West Indian national cricket team — The Windies, The Mighty West Indies^[13]
• Zimbabwe national cricket team - The Chevrons^[14]

Officials, umpires and commentators

• Jonathan Agnew — Spiro, Aggers^[15]
• Harold Bird — Dickie Bird^[16]
• Henry Blofeld — Blowers^[17]
• Ian Botham — Beefy^[18]
• Billy Bowden — Billy^[19]
• Steve Bucknor — Slow Death Bucknor^[20]
• MS Dhoni — Captain Cool^[21]
• Rahul Dravid — The Wall^[22]
• Bill Frindall — Bearded Wonder, Bearders^[23]
• Robin Jackman — Jackers^[24]
• Brian Johnston — Johnners^[25]
• David Lloyd — Bumble^[26]
• Craig McMillan — Macca^[27]
• Mpumelelo Mbangwa — Pommie^[28]
• Christopher Martin-Jenkins — CMJ^[29]
• Don Mosey — The Alderman^[30]
• Ashish Nehra — Nehra Ji^[31]
• David Shepherd — Shep^[32]
• Sachin Tendulkar — Master Blaster^[33]
• AB de Villiers — Mr 360^[34]
• Alan Wilkins — Wilko^[35]

Supporters

• An organised group of Australian cricket team supporters — The Fanatics^[36]
• An organised group of English cricket team supporters — Barmy Army^[36]
• An organised group of New Zealand cricket team supporters — The Beige Brigade^[37]

Players

See also

• List of cricket terms
• Lists of nicknames – nickname list articles on Wikipedia

References