Officials, umpires and commentators also get given nicknames – for e.g Steve Bucknor was known as the “Slow Death Bucknor.” Similarly, one of the greatest fast bowlers of all-time was given a nickname by a famous umpire.
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List of Nicknames of Cricketers
| S.No. | Cricketer | Nickname(s) |
| 1. | Shahid Afridi | Boom Boom Afridi, Lala |
| 2. | Mushtaq Ahmed | Mushie, Jaadugar |
| 3. | Saeed Ajmal | The Magician, Saeed Bhai |
| 4. | Shoaib Akhtar | Rawalpindi Express |
| 5. | Wasim Akram | Sultan of Swing |
| 6. | James Anderson | The Burnley Lara, The Burnley Express |
| 7. | Warwick Armstrong | Big Ship |
| 8. | Mohammad Ashraful | Matin |
| 9. | Ravichandran Ashwin | Ash |
| 10. | Michael Andrew Atherton | Athers, FEC, Iron Mike, Cockroach, Dready |
| 11. | Trevor Bailey | The Boil, Barnacle |
| 12. | Jonny Bairstow | YJB |
| 13. | Omari Banks | Bankie |
| 14. | Eddie Barlow | Bunter |
| 15. | Gareth Batty | Boris, Nora |
| 16. | Michael Beer | Froth |
| 17. | Ian Bell | Belly, The Sherminator |
| 18. | Richie Benaud | Diamonds |
| 19. | Travis Birt | Edgar |
| 20. | Allan Border | AB, Captain Grumpy |
| 21. | Ian Botham | Beefy, Guy the Gorilla |
| 22. | Geoffrey Boycott | Fiery, Boycs, Thatch |
| 23. | Don Bradman | The Don |
| 24. | Dwayne Bravo | DJ |
| 25. | Mike Brearley | Brears, Scagg |
| 26. | Stuart Broad | Westlife |
| 27. | Katherine Brunt | Brunty, Nunny |
| 28. | Jasprit Bumrah | Boom |
| 29. | Mark Butcher | Butch |
| 30. | Andy Caddick | Des, Shack, Wingnut |
| 31. | Yuzvendra Chahal | Yuzi |
| 32. | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | The Chanderwal |
| 33. | Ian Chappell | Chappelli |
| 34. | Roston Chase | Youngross |
| 35. | Dan Christian | Dan the Man |
| 36. | Michael Clarke | Pup, Clarkey |
| 37. | Alastair Cook | Chef, Captain Cook |
| 38. | Learie Constantine | Electric Heels |
| 39. | Mark Cosgrove | Cossy, Baby-Boof |
| 40. | John Crawley | Creepy |
| 41. | Colin Croft | Bomber |
| 42. | Kate Cross | Crossy |
| 43. | Martin Crowe | Hogan |
| 44. | Pat Cummins | Patto, Cummo |
| 45. | Nida Dar | Lady Boom Boom |
| 46. | Ian Davis | Wizard |
| 47. | Phillip DeFreitas | Daffy |
| 48. | Aravinda de Silva | Mad Max |
| 49. | A. B. de Villiers | ABD, Mr. 360° |
| 50. | Kapil Dev | The Haryana Hurricane |
| 51. | Ted Dexter | Lord Ted |
| 52. | Shikhar Dhawan | Gabbar |
| 53. | M. S. Dhoni | Thala, MSD, Mahi, Captain Cool |
| 54. | Graham Dilley | Pica, Dill |
| 55. | Michael Di Venuto | Diva |
| 56. | Basil D'Oliveira | Dolly, Bas |
| 57. | Allan Donald | White Lightning |
| 58. | Brett Dorey | Behemoth |
| 59. | J. W. H. T. Douglas | Johnny Won't Hit Today |
| 60. | Rahul Dravid | The Wall |
| 61. | K. S. Duleepsinhji | Duleep Mr Smith |
| 62. | Sophia Dunkley | Dunks |
| 63. | Charlotte Edwards | Lottie, Chief |
| 64. | Fidel Edwards | Castro |
| 65. | Matthew Elliott | Herb |
| 66. | Sean Ervine | Slug, Siuc |
| 67. | Imran Farhat | Romi |
| 68. | James Faulkner | The Finisher |
| 69. | Steven Finn | The Watford Wall |
| 70. | Andre Fletcher | The Spice Man |
| 71. | Andrew Flintoff | Freddie |
| 72. | Peter Fulton | Two-metre Peter |
| 73. | Gautam Gambhir | Gauti |
| 74. | Sourav Ganguly | Prince of Kolkata, God of Offside, Dada |
| 75. | Joel Garner | Big Bird |
| 76. | Mike Gatting | Fat Gatt |
| 77. | Sunil Gavaskar | Little master, Sunny |
| 78. | Chris Gayle | World Boss, Mr. T20, Universe Boss |
| 79. | Herschelle Gibbs | Scooter |
| 80. | Eddie Gilbert | Fast Eddie |
| 81. | Adam Gilchrist | Gilly, Churchy |
| 82. | Ashley Giles | Gilo, Skinny, Splash, The King of Spain, Wheelie Bin |
| 83. | Jason Gillespie | Dizzy |
| 84. | David Gower | Stoat |
| 85. | W. G. Grace | W. G., The Doctor, The Old Man, The Champion |
| 86. | Rebecca Grundy | Grunners, Carol |
| 87. | Umar Gul | Guldozer |
| 88. | Asanka Gurusinha | Gura |
| 89. | Brad Haddin | BJ, Hadds |
| 90. | Richard Hadlee | Paddles |
| 91. | Mohammad Hafeez | Professor, Professor of Sargodha |
| 92. | Alex Hales | Baz |
| 93. | Haseeb Hameed | Baby Boycott |
| 94. | Steve Harmison | Harmy, GBH (Grievous Bodily Harmison) |
| 95. | Chris Harris | Lugs |
| 96. | Ryan Harris | Ryano |
| 97. | Chris Hartley | Hannibal |
| 98. | Ian Harvey | Harvs, The Freak |
| 99. | Shane Harwood | Stickers |
| 100. | John Hastings | The Duke |
| 101. | Nathan Hauritz | Ritzy |
| 102. | Matthew Hayden | Haydos, Big Fish |
| 103. | Rachael Haynes | Des, Dessie |
| 104. | George Headley | Black Bradman |
| 105. | Alyssa Healy | Midge |
| 106. | Hunter Hendry | Stork |
| 107. | Ben Hilfenhaus | Hilfy |
| 108. | Jack Hobbs | The Master |
| 109. | Brad Hodge | Hodgey, Dodgeball |
| 110. | Matthew Hoggard | Oggie |
| 111. | Michael Holding | Whispering Death |
| 112. | James Hopes | Catfish |
| 113. | A. N. Hornby | Monkey, The Boss |
| 114. | Merv Hughes | Fruitfly |
| 115. | Nasser Hussain | Nashwan |
| 116. | David Hussey | Huss, Bomber, Junior Mr. Cricket |
| 117. | Michael Hussey | Mr Cricket, Huss |
| 118. | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Inzi |
| 119. | Bert Ironmonger | Dainty |
| 120. | Tamim Iqbal | Dot Baba |
| 121. | Ravindra Jadeja | Jaddu, Sir Jadeja |
| 122. | Phil Jaques | Pro |
| 123. | Douglas Jardine | The Iron Duke |
| 124. | Sanath Jayasuriya | Matara Mauler, Master Blaster, Sana |
| 125. | Gilbert Jessop | The Croucher |
| 126. | Mitchell Johnson | Midge, Notch |
| 127. | Jess Jonassen | JJ |
| 128. | Ernie Jones | Jonah |
| 129. | Mohammad Kaif | Kaifu |
| 130. | Romesh Kaluwitharana | Little Kalu, Little Dynamite |
| 131. | Danish Kaneria | Nani-Danny |
| 132. | Marizanne Kapp | Kappie |
| 133. | Chamara Kapugedera | Kapu |
| 134. | Dinesh Karthik | DK |
| 135. | Michael Kasprowicz | Kasper |
| 136. | Simon Katich | Kat |
| 137. | Justin Kemp | Kempie |
| 138. | Robert Key | Keysy |
| 139. | Imran Khan | The Lion of Lahore |
| 140. | Zaheer Khan | Zak |
| 141. | Usman Khawaja | Uzzie, Captain Grumpy |
| 142. | Delissa Kimmince | DK |
| 143. | Michael Klinger | Maxy |
| 144. | Heather Knight | Trev |
| 145. | Alan Knott | Knotty, Flea |
| 146. | Bhuvneshwar Kumar | Bhuvi, The Swing Prince |
| 147. | Virat Kohli | Cheeku, King Kohli |
| 148. | Nuwan Kulasekara | Kule |
| 149. | Anil Kumble | Apple, Jumbo |
| 150. | Justin Langer | Alfie, JL |
| 151. | Meg Lanning | Megastar, Serious Sally |
| 152. | Brian Lara | The Prince of Port of Spain |
| 153. | Gavin Larsen | The Postman |
| 154. | V. V. S. Laxman | Very Very Special |
| 155. | Bill Lawry | Phantom |
| 156. | Geoff Lawson | Henry |
| 157. | Darren Lehmann | Boof |
| 158. | Brett Lee | Bing, Binga, The Speedster |
| 159. | H. D. G. Leveson Gower | Shrimp |
| 160. | Dennis Lillee | FOT |
| 161. | Clive Lloyd | Super Cat |
| 162. | David Lloyd | Bumble |
| 163. | Chris Lynn | Lynnsanity, Bash Brother |
| 164. | Nathan Lyon | G.O.A.T, Garry, Gazza |
| 165. | Charles Macartney | Governor-General |
| 166. | Stuart MacGill | Mac, Magilla |
| 167. | Ken Mackay | Slasher |
| 168. | Farveez Maharoof | Fara |
| 169. | Jimmy Maher | Mahbo |
| 170. | Sajid Mahmood | Saj, King |
| 171. | Lasith Malinga | Malinga The Slinga |
| 172. | Ashley Mallett | Rowdy |
| 173. | Vic Marks | Skid, Speedy |
| 174. | Charles Marriott | Father Marriott |
| 175. | Mitchell Marsh | Bison |
| 176. | Geoff Marsh | Swampy |
| 177. | Rod Marsh | Iron Gloves, Bacchus |
| 178. | Shaun Marsh | SOS |
| 179. | Frederick Martin | Nutty |
| 180. | Damien Martyn | Marto |
| 181. | Lloyd Mash | Bangers |
| 182. | Khaled Mashud | Pilot |
| 183. | Angelo Mathews | Angie, Superman, Jocka |
| 184. | Greg Matthews | Mo |
| 185. | Glenn Maxwell | Big Show, Maxi/Maxy |
| 186. | Brendon McCullum | Bash Brother |
| 187. | Bryce McGain | McGoo |
| 188. | Glenn McGrath | Pigeon, Millard |
| 189. | Graham McKenzie | Garth |
| 190. | Brian McMillan | Big Mac |
| 191. | Craig McMillan | Macca |
| 192. | Colin Miller | Funky |
| 193. | Keith Miller | Nugget |
| 194. | Misbah-ul-Haq | Lone warrior, Tuk tuk, Man of Crisis |
| 195. | Amit Mishra | Mishi |
| 196. | Dave Mohammed | Tadpole |
| 197. | Beth Mooney | Moons |
| 198. | Roberta Moretti Avery | Big Mom |
| 199. | Chris Morris | Tipo |
| 200. | John Morrison | Mystery |
| 201. | Mashrafe Mortaza | Koushik |
| 202. | Muttiah Muralitharan | Murali |
| 203. | Tim Murtagh | Dial M |
| 204. | Phil Mustard | Colonel |
| 205. | Mohammad Nabi | The President |
| 206. | André Nel | Nella, Gunther |
| 207. | Mfuneko Ngam | Chew |
| 208. | Paul Nixon | Badger, Nico |
| 209. | Monty Noble | Mary Ann |
| 210. | Ashley Noffke | Noffers |
| 211. | Marcus North | Snork |
| 212. | Makhaya Ntini | George, Mdingi Express |
| 213. | Iain O'Brien | Ober |
| 214. | Chris Old | Chilly |
| 215. | Kerry O'Keeffe | Skull |
| 216. | Bill O'Reilly | Tiger |
| 217. | Milford Page | Curly |
| 218. | Shikha Pandey | Sikhipedia |
| 219. | Monty Panesar | The Mont-ster, Python, The Beard to be Feared, The Sikh of Tweak |
| 220. | Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi | Tiger |
| 221. | Jeetan Patel | Dave |
| 222. | Ellyse Perry | Pez |
| 223. | Kevin Pietersen | K. P., Kelvin, Kelv, Kapes |
| 224. | Liam Plunkett | Pudsy |
| 225. | Kieron Pollard | Polly |
| 226. | Peter Pollock | Pooch, The Big Dog |
| 227. | Shaun Pollock | Polly |
| 228. | Ricky Ponting | Punter |
| 229. | Matt Prior | The Cheese |
| 230. | Mustafizur Rahman | Fizz |
| 231. | Suresh Raina | Mr. IPL, Chinna Thala |
| 232. | Mark Ramprakash | Ramps |
| 233. | Arjuna Ranatunga | Captain Cool |
| 234. | Derek Randall | Arkle, Rags |
| 235. | K. S. Ranjitsinhji | Ranji |
| 236. | Abdul Razzaq | The Razzler, Bang Bang Razzaq |
| 237. | Matt Renshaw | The Turtle |
| 238. | Viv Richards | Smokin Joe, Smokey, King Viv, The Emperor, The Master Blaster |
| 239. | Greg Ritchie | Fat Cat |
| 240. | Jemimah Rodrigues | Lil' J |
| 241. | Megan Schutt | Schutter/Shooter |
| 242. | Virender Sehwag | Viru, Nawab of Najafgarh |
| 243. | Mohammad Shahzad | Mahi, M. S., Shazi |
| 244. | Rohit Sharma | Hit-Man, Shana, 264 |
| 245. | Sandeep Sharma | Sandy |
| 246. | Anya Shrubsole | Hoof |
| 247. | Peter Siddle | Sid Vicious |
| 248. | Harbhajan Singh | Bhajji, Turbanator |
| 249. | Mandeep Singh | Mandy |
| 250. | Yuvraj Singh | Yuvi, Prince |
| 251. | Steve Smith | Smithy, Smudge, GOD |
| 252. | Fred Spofforth | The Demon |
| 253. | Alec Stewart | The Gaffer |
| 254. | Andrew Strauss | Lord Brocket, Straussy, Levi, Muppet, Johann, Mare Man |
| 255. | Washington Sundar | Washi |
| 256. | Mark Taylor | Tubby |
| 257. | Ross Taylor | Rosco, Pallekelle Plunderer |
| 258. | Sachin Tendulkar | The God of Cricket, Little Master, Bombay Bomber, Tendlya |
| 259. | Jeff Thomson | Thommo, Two-Up |
| 260. | Marcus Trescothick | Tresco, Banger |
| 261. | Fred Trueman | Fiery |
| 262. | Phil Tufnell | Tuffers, The Cat |
| 263. | Charles Turner | The Terror |
| 264. | Frank Tyson | Typhoon |
| 265. | Derek Underwood | Deadly |
| 266. | Max Walker | Tangles |
| 267. | Georgia Wareham | Wolfie |
| 268. | Shane Warne | The King of Spin |
| 269. | Mark Waugh | Afghan - the forgotten Waugh, Junior |
| 270. | Steve Waugh | Tugga |
| 271. | Paul Wilson | Blocker |
| 272. | Lauren Winfield | Loz |
| 273. | Chris Woakes | Wizard |
| 274. | Danni Wyatt | Waggy |
| 275. | Suryakumar Yadav | SKY |
| 276. | Bruce Yardley | Roo |
| 277. | Monde Zondeki | All Hands |
Famous cricketers enter into the National Cricket Team of their respective countries with only one name, but when they leave the sport, they leave it with the nickname(s) given by fans, teammates, commentators, umpires and so forth.
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