Cricketers and their nicknames

We know who ‘Jumbo’ is and who also know ‘Mahi’ and ‘Dada’ are. However, many cricketers have not only faded into oblivion but their nicknames have been rarely heard of. I bring to you a list of contemporary cricketers and their nicknames.

Mohammad Ashraful – Matin (‘Matin’ means related to early part of the day. Do they probably mean he is dismissed within the first session of the test match?)

Brendon McCullum – Bazz

Ian Bell – The Sherminator (and I thought we only have ‘The Turbanator’)

Richie Benaud – Diamonds

Stuard Broad – Westlife (Why? :O)

Brett Lee – Bing, Binga

Stuart MacGill – Magilla (Gorilla), Stuey, Macca

Angelo Mattews – Kaluwa, Jocka

Shaun Marsh – SOS (Son of Swampy) (wonder what Geoff is called, OSOS – Other Son Of Swampy maybe).

Allan Donald – White lightening (justified indeed)

Khalid Mashud – Pilot (well, he certainly doesn’t ‘pilot’ the Bangladeshi innings too often)

Sean Ervine – Slug, Siuc

Glenn McGrath – Pigeon? Yes, but Millard and Kuly too.

Mashrafe Mortaza – Koushik

Farveez Maharoof – Fara

Makhaya Ntini – George (Farmer?)

Herschelle Gibbs – Scooter (And I thought he was super-fast jet, flying at 36 runs per over)

Nathan Hauritz – Horry, Ritzy

Monty Panesar – The Python (known to have many nicknames, this one is the most intriguing. He has that uncanny knack of swallowing big wickets)

James Hopes – Catfish (he cannot do much about his face, except hide it)

Mark Waugh – Afghan (was he named by the Americans under Obama administration?)

Umar Gul – Peshawar Rickshaw (Interesting to know he may have another career)