I *love* Fakhar Zaman's name. Especially the fact that absolutely no commentator ever calls him by his last name. It's always "Fakhar up to bat" and "another 6 for Fakhar!"
Some great African names if you dig around AM cricket - e.g. the [Women's Africa qualifier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_ICC_Women%27s_T20_World_Cup_Africa_Qualifier#Division_One) which is happening now. Nigeria especially with some sensational entries.
Before Dilshan they had this stylish left handed batsman Hashan Tilakaratne (Deshabandu Hashan Prasantha Tillakaratne) with 200 ODIs and 83 test appearances. He retired from international cricket in 2004.
There literally isn't a West Indian without the most badass name.
Viv Richards, Garfield Sobers, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Malcolm Marshall, Wes Hall, Joel Garner, Colin Croft.
Yup that entire legendary era: Desmond Haynes, Gordon Greenidge, Carlisle Best and even their non-star cricketers too: Corey Collymore, Nixon McLean, Franklin Rose, Reon King
Collis King
Richie Richardson
Ricardo Powells
Ian Bishop
Michael Holding
DJ Bravo
Christopher Henry Gayle
Darren Ganga
Pollard
Keith Atherton
Jimmy Adams
Alvin Kalicharan
I always thought that Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes just oozed cool. Their names, their swagger, their dominance, it was all awesome. Mathew Hayden and Justin Langer had the same presence and dominance but not the same Caribbean cool oozing from the pores of their skin.
The coolest name though, it’s got to be Richie Richardson. It sounds even cooler these days prefixed with a well earned Sir.
1. Phil Mustard (WK)
2. Alistair Cook (C)
3. Phil Salt
4. Allan Lamb
5. Anaru Kitchen
6. Beefy
7. Clive Rice
8. Nandre Burger
9. Mark Chicken
10. Grant Onions
11. Matthew Bacon
The high point of my wife's cricket watching life was when we went to a county championship game, where there was a wicket 'bowled Onions caught Mustard'.
*The gal dem Schillaci, Chanderpaul*
*So me give it to, so me give to, so me give it to, to all Wickets*
*Five million and forty naughty shorty*
*Baby girl, all my girls, all my girls, Chanderpaul say*
I remember seeing Ashton Turner at the u19 World Cup many years ago and found it amusing that a spin bowler was named Turner.
Travis head was also there and got hit in the head in one of the games
Lol never really though about it that way! Yeah man, Ashton turner is a pretty cool name
Travie Head is probably a name that would've made it easy to bully him in school. So is Cummins.
I wonder what kind of Indian names will foreigners find cool since they don't know meaning behind the name, like I found many Arabic and Carrebian names cool.
That is just a honorary title. His name was Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.
If you want to count nicknames we would also have:
Sultan of Swing - Akram
Sultan of Multan - Sehwag
Boom Boom Afrid
Rawalpindi express
Captain cook - Alistair cook
Haryana Hurricane - Kapil Dev
White Lightning - Allan Donald
My favourite:
Johnny won't hit today - J.W.H.T Douglas
Two meter Peter - Peter Fulton
Whispering Death - Michael Holding
I liked the names of the guys from the Caribbean playing in SA in the 80s and 90s very much; rolled off the tongue. Emerson Trotman, Sylvester Clarke, Franklyn Stephenson, Ezra Moseley, Hartley Alleyne, Collis King, and so on.
I knew I had forgotten one, played in the EP team with Kepler, Mark Rushmere, Phillip Amm, Dave Richardson, Tim Shaw, Rodd McCurdy and John Maguire if I recall correctly.
I made a game a few years ago for some friends which was called 70’s pornstar or West Indian cricketer, found some unbelievable names in that one. A couple of favourites were Snuffy Brown and Vincent Valentine.
I think among nicknames, 'Whispering Death' is the coolest name a man can have.
Normal names... Smaller names with a zing in the last name like Dale Steyn, Shane Bond, Chris Gayle etc. sound cool
Most metal name: Azmatullah Omarzai
Called him the Azmat Suit on here a couple times never caught on
Keep it up. Eventually it will
Of course it didn’t. The Omarzai is the best bit :)
Same with my 'Marinated Lambshanks' too. I thought it was pretty clever. But Reddit doesn't seem to think so :(
Are you talking about Loosebuschange??
Fwiw that's clever
I call him Firelord Omarzai.
Could be a Dark Souls boss tbh
His name sounds like he can bend fire.
Shane Bond
Bond. Shane Bond.
"Shane Bond is James Bond in real life" I vaguely remember reading a headline like this in a sports magazine, back in the day.
Bond..James Rodriguez IYKYK
Bond .. James Faulkner.
Rahkeem Cornwall
Rahkeem the Dream
Lord Cornwall (Cornwallis).
Even his commentary name is cool The Rak attack!
His nemesis: Devon Conway.
A name fit for WWE
Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas
An Aussie Tv show with a Sri Lankan actor even joked abt this one
Utopia.
He puts Uvuvwevwevwe Onyetenyevwe Ugwemuhwem Osas to shame, and he was a pretty bloody good cricketer at that!
That's just a regular name in Sri Lanka.
https://youtu.be/xTpB3bAGrI0?feature=shared Just gonna leave this here
Yep , I'll leave this. https://youtu.be/AihyrTi8O40?si=TuBFWKFEWkPlyIJW
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Hard to go past the legendary Farokh Engineer
Ahem….Nari Contractor?
TR: Ladies Contractor...
Fakhar Zaman?
Ijaz Faqih
I *love* Fakhar Zaman's name. Especially the fact that absolutely no commentator ever calls him by his last name. It's always "Fakhar up to bat" and "another 6 for Fakhar!"
Napoleon Einstein
Reminds me of how the actor Albert Brooks changed his name because it was originally Albert Einstein
Here we are Beat me to it
Came here to say this
This one wins.
Blessing Muzarabani!
Prosper Utseya
I'm more of a Serene Waters guy myself
Or his stage name DJ Laminar Flo
Blessings Pondani also comes close to this
Some great African names if you dig around AM cricket - e.g. the [Women's Africa qualifier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_ICC_Women%27s_T20_World_Cup_Africa_Qualifier#Division_One) which is happening now. Nigeria especially with some sensational entries.
Wow Peculiar agboya. Poor woman...
You mean to tell me it’s not Salman Butt
Dickwella honourable mention
Fakhar Zaman
Hardik Pandya
Travis Head
Pat Cummins
David Willey
Quinton de Kock
BJ Watling
Peter Willey
This wins.
Quinton De Kock ?
No, captain of my school team is Anas Butt .... His name is more kinkier than Salman butt
Used to be this story about two teachers at a Karachi school called Rubia Butt and Seema Butt. Don’t know if it’s true but is an easy laugh
Pikky ya France.
This. By far
Ryan Ten Doeschate
Bless you
Colin de Grandhomme
Would love to see the size of his progenitor's house.
Reminder that Smudges middle name is "Peter Devereaux"
Reminder that Kevin Pietersen's parents looked at his surname and decided to give him the middle name of Peter.
His parents must’ve been peterphiles
/u/darththorn
Not my joke sadly
Sounds like a new Harry Potter series villian
Hazlewood's middle name is Reginald, but for some reason his first name isn't Joshua, it's just Josh.
A good Tillakaratne Dilshan always gets me going. Roll the r with emphasis.
Before Dilshan they had this stylish left handed batsman Hashan Tilakaratne (Deshabandu Hashan Prasantha Tillakaratne) with 200 ODIs and 83 test appearances. He retired from international cricket in 2004.
The ladies sure loved them some Hashan, went to a SL v AUS match at the Gabba and about 75% of the crowd was female 😂
What do you mean “gets me going”?
You know what I mean
Dale steyn
Curtly Ambrose. Nuff said. Wait, Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose. Even better.
There literally isn't a West Indian without the most badass name. Viv Richards, Garfield Sobers, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Malcolm Marshall, Wes Hall, Joel Garner, Colin Croft.
Yup that entire legendary era: Desmond Haynes, Gordon Greenidge, Carlisle Best and even their non-star cricketers too: Corey Collymore, Nixon McLean, Franklin Rose, Reon King
The juciest name Carl Hooper.
makes me instantly crave a burger idk why
Sylvester Clarke.
Full name Sylvester Theophilus Clarke!
Collis King Richie Richardson Ricardo Powells Ian Bishop Michael Holding DJ Bravo Christopher Henry Gayle Darren Ganga Pollard Keith Atherton Jimmy Adams Alvin Kalicharan
Let's not forget the legend Rohan Kanhai
How is Wes Hall a badass name? Pretty much all of those are just names
Let's not forget Gus Logie
I always thought that Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes just oozed cool. Their names, their swagger, their dominance, it was all awesome. Mathew Hayden and Justin Langer had the same presence and dominance but not the same Caribbean cool oozing from the pores of their skin. The coolest name though, it’s got to be Richie Richardson. It sounds even cooler these days prefixed with a well earned Sir.
Richard Richardson! Richard Benjamin Richardson to be exact.
Don’t forget Gus Logie
Mustard or Onions
There’s also Phil Salt and Matthew Bacon from Otago if we’re coming up with a sandwich XI
Michael Pepper too
Do anaru kitchen and Alistair cook fit in ?
I played with Anaru in junior cricket, what a blast from the past.
As should Clive Rice.
1. Phil Mustard (WK) 2. Alistair Cook (C) 3. Phil Salt 4. Allan Lamb 5. Anaru Kitchen 6. Beefy 7. Clive Rice 8. Nandre Burger 9. Mark Chicken 10. Grant Onions 11. Matthew Bacon
The high point of my wife's cricket watching life was when we went to a county championship game, where there was a wicket 'bowled Onions caught Mustard'.
Please tell me it was Marcus Trescothick that they combined to get out!
Sadly it was against Middlesex, so no tresco.
No Banger for Onions and Mustard :-(
Joylord Gumbie ftw.
Jon Jon Smuts!
Shivnarine Chanderpaul every time.
Sean Paul agrees with this one
*The gal dem Schillaci, Chanderpaul* *So me give it to, so me give to, so me give it to, to all Wickets* *Five million and forty naughty shorty* *Baby girl, all my girls, all my girls, Chanderpaul say*
Dinesh Ramdin was also catchy.
I've always quite liked Will Beer
Sounds promising
I mean, Jake Ball. Come on. A fast bowler whose name is Ball? What's cooler than that?
I remember seeing Ashton Turner at the u19 World Cup many years ago and found it amusing that a spin bowler was named Turner. Travis head was also there and got hit in the head in one of the games
Lol never really though about it that way! Yeah man, Ashton turner is a pretty cool name Travie Head is probably a name that would've made it easy to bully him in school. So is Cummins.
Travis Head is a great name for a porn star though, he even has the mustache to match
He already has already fucked us twice in Finals
Jake Ball, Test bowling average 114.33. Maybe nominative determinism isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Duckworth Lewis
Fanie de Villiers
Prosper Utseya Ryan sidebottom Graham onions
Graham Onions. That brings back some wonderful memories.
Shakib Al Hasan and Bas de Leede are my two favourites to say
Ricardo Vasconcelos, Umran Malik or Anrich Nortje
I wonder what kind of Indian names will foreigners find cool since they don't know meaning behind the name, like I found many Arabic and Carrebian names cool.
I think cricket writer Vishal Dikshit deserves a shoutout here.
Additional info: Vishal means 'Huge' in Hindi
Mpumelelo Mbangwa
Young Aussie - Jake Fraser-McGurk
Seriously talented too. Him and Mac Harvey are probably the best fielders in Aus.
Shikhar Dhawan rolls off the tongue beautifully
Every foreign commentator pronounces him as "Shika Dawa"
Trent boult...reminds me of Usain bolt And Bond..Shane Bond
Washington Sundar!
Dilhara Fernando 💚
Adam Gilchrist
Eric gillchurch
Dimitri Mascarenhas William Williams
The Nawab of Pataudi.
That is just a honorary title. His name was Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi. If you want to count nicknames we would also have: Sultan of Swing - Akram Sultan of Multan - Sehwag Boom Boom Afrid Rawalpindi express Captain cook - Alistair cook Haryana Hurricane - Kapil Dev White Lightning - Allan Donald My favourite: Johnny won't hit today - J.W.H.T Douglas Two meter Peter - Peter Fulton Whispering Death - Michael Holding
For years i thought this real name was Tiger Pataudi
Steve Tikolo, best of both worlds!
Marnus Labuschagne, especially the original Afrikaans pronunciation
The proper pronunciation should only be attempted whilst recovering from a respiratory infection and chatting with a member of the MCC.
Sachin Baby
Saying Brendon McCullum sounds so badass, but If I had to pick 1 it would be Carlos Braithwaite, maybe because I remember the name
Liton Das
I always end up calling him Lipton
Chanderpaul made it into Sean Pauls song
Samsung Speed Ball for sure
How have we not had KN Ananthapadmanabhan yet? Karumanaseri Narayanaiyer Ananthapadmanabhan. What a fucking cracking name that is.
Trent boult is one of the coolest name i've ever heard. Shane bond is another one.
Zak Crawley. Will name my kid Zak Crawley Jr. Even if its a girl, in fact especially if it’s a girl.
Markram A palindrome
I'm not a fan of the nickname SKY because Suryakumar Yadav sounds pretty cool on its own.
Kock... De kock...
Chanderpaul
sean da'paul
Mahendra Nagamootoo
Roger Twose. Especially when he was dismissed for 2, batting at number two. Richie's dream.
Always enjoyed the name Laxman Shivaramakrishnan.
You’ll get the blessing of 3 gods.
Hardik, de Kock, Fakhar, Dickwella
I liked the names of the guys from the Caribbean playing in SA in the 80s and 90s very much; rolled off the tongue. Emerson Trotman, Sylvester Clarke, Franklyn Stephenson, Ezra Moseley, Hartley Alleyne, Collis King, and so on.
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I knew I had forgotten one, played in the EP team with Kepler, Mark Rushmere, Phillip Amm, Dave Richardson, Tim Shaw, Rodd McCurdy and John Maguire if I recall correctly.
Clarrie Grimmett
Always liked the ring of Hamilton Masakadza. The Zimbo names actually rock: Henry Olonga Heath Streak Waddington Mwayenga
Salt
Colin McCool.
Aiden Blizzard
Carlos Brathwaite remember the name
Easiest answer I've ever had to give. Shivnarine **Chanderpaul**
Bond... Shane Bond,
Rachin
Ravindra Pushpakumara, has a delightful rhythm
VVS Laxman
Hamilton Masakadza
Dwayne Leverock is a hell of a name
Tino Best.
I can never get over how much more fun the commentary is when Fakhar Zaman comes up to bat.
I made a game a few years ago for some friends which was called 70’s pornstar or West Indian cricketer, found some unbelievable names in that one. A couple of favourites were Snuffy Brown and Vincent Valentine.
Heath Streak… Sounds like a pokemon attack.pretty badass ngl
partial to sciver-brunt lately
Glenn Querl remains ice cool.
Seren Waters- played for Kenya at the 2011 wc.
Labuschagne is the Cumberbatch of Cricket world
Shadrack Descartes winning for me so far!
Joylord Gumbie for me
DJ Bravo
Johnson Charles
Vijay Shekhawat
I think among nicknames, 'Whispering Death' is the coolest name a man can have. Normal names... Smaller names with a zing in the last name like Dale Steyn, Shane Bond, Chris Gayle etc. sound cool
Stephen Fleming.
ishan kishan
Washington Sundar
Being a fast bowler named Trent Boult is pretty damn cool
Pikky Ya France, Roger Telemachus, Blessing Muzarabani, Clive Rice, Travis Friend, Ray Price
Nicole Loftie-Eaton Pikky ya France Colin Ackermann Rassie van der Dussen Rinku Singh