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, Kangaroos, Aussies
- 1948 tour of England—The Invincibles
- Indian National Cricket Team — The Bluees
- New Zealand national cricket team — The Black Caps, The Kiwis
- Pakistan national cricket team — Men in Green, The Gang Green,The Green Shirts
- South African national cricket team — The Proteas, The Saffas, the Saffaris
- Sri Lankan national cricket team — The Lions
- West Indian national cricket team — The Windies
- Bangladesh national cricket team - The Tigers
- Ireland Cricket team - Leprechauns
Out of all of these South African Nickname the Proteas is the most used and others are used very limited, Nowadays almost all English Reporters use the Proteas instead of South Africa making it one of the most used nicknames in entire sports journalism.
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 - David
- 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 — ক্রিকেটখোর(CricketKhor)
- An organised group of India national cricket team supporters - The Bharat Army
Players
A
- 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
- Warwick Armstrong — Big Ship
- Mike Atherton — Athers, FEC, Cockroach, Dready,Iron Mike
- Mohammad Ashraful — Matin
B
- Brendon McCullum — Bazz
- Trevor Bailey — The Boil, Barnacle
- Omari Banks — Bankie
- 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
D
- Phillip DeFreitas — Daffy
- Abraham de Villiers — AB, Mr.360, Mr. Awesome
- 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
- Tillakaratne Dilshan — Mr. Pallekele,the Dilscoop,Dilee
- David Miller - Killer Miller
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
- 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 — Sir
K
- Romesh Kaluwitharana — Little Kalu
- Danish Kaneria — Nani-Danny
- Michael Kasprowicz — Kasper
- Simon Katich — Kat
- Justin Kemp — Kempie
- Robert Key — Keysy
- Michael Klinger — Maxy
- Jason Krejza — Krazy
- Nuwan Kulasekara — Kule
- Anil Kumble — Jumbo
- Chamara Kapugedera — Kapu
- Zaheer Khan - Zak
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
- Nathan McCullum — Mattress, Matt-I
- Craig McMillan — Macca
- Glenn McGrath — Pigeon, Millard
- Graham McKenzie — Garth
- Brian McMillan — Big Mac
- Colin Miller — Funky
- 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
- AndrĂ© 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
- 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
- Matthew Prior — The Cheese
- Cheteshwar Pujara - Chintu
R
- Mark Ramprakash — Ramps
- Arjuna Ranatunga — Captain Cool
- Arjuna Ranatunga — Captain Cool
- Vivian Richards — Smokin Joe, Smokey, King Viv, The Emperor, The Master Blaster
- Greg Ritchie — Fat Cat
- Suresh Raina — Chota Sachin
S
- Kumar Sangakkara - Sanga
- Virender Sehwag — Viru, Nawab of Najafgarh, Sultan of Multan
- Sandeep Sharma — Sandu
- Harbhajan Singh — Bhajji, Turbanator
- Mandeep Singh — Mandy
- 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
T
- Mark Taylor — Tubby
- Sachin Tendulkar — Little Master,
- Jeff Thomson — Thommo
- Phil Tufnell - The Cat
U
- Inzamam-ul-Haq — Inzi
- Misbah-ul-Haq - Mr Tuk Tuk, tuk tuk
- Robin Uthappa - The Walking Assassin
W
- Max Walker - Tangles
- Mark Waugh — Afghanistan, Junior
- Shane Warne - Warnie, Warney, The King of Spin, Spin King, Hollywood
- 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





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