Cricket has a rich tradition of using nicknames. This is a List of nicknames used in international cricket. Inzamam ul Haq — Aloo (potato), Inzy Saurav Ganguly — Maharaj, Prince of Calcutta, Dada, Bengal Tiger Joel Garner — Big Bird Sunil Gavaskar — Sunny, The Little Master Chris Gayle — Cramps, Crampy Herschelle Gibbs — Scooter, The Sack Man Adam Gilchrist — Churchy, Gilly, The Demolition Man Ashley Giles — Ash, the King of Spain Jason Gillespie — Dizzy Darren Gough — Rhino, Goughy, the Dazzler, Dancing Darren E. M. Grace — The Coroner W.G. Grace — The Doctor Mark Greatbatch — Paddy Clarrie Grimmett — The Old Fox, Grum Subhash Gupte — Fergie Bobby Abel — The Guvnor Jimmy Adams — Padams Paul Adams — Gogga (insect in Afrikaans), A frog in a blender (for his unusual bowling action) Ajit Agarkar — Bombay Duck (for his horror streak of ducks against Australia) Jonathan Agnew — Aggers Shoaib Akhtar — Rawalpindi Express Wasim Akram — Prince of Pakistan, Was, Sultan of Swing Terry Alderman — Clem (after Clem Jones, mayor of Brisbane, curator of Gabba and an alderman) Mark Alleyne — BooBoo Mohinder Amarnath — Jimmy, Amarnought Surinder Amarnath — Tommy Warwick Armstrong — the Big Ship Jason Arnberger — Cheesy Geoff Arnold — Horse Shahid Afridi — The Boom Michael Atherton — Athers Mohammed Kaif — Kaifu Jacques Kallis — Kalahari, Jackes Danish Kaneria — Nani Dani Michael Kasprowicz — Kasper Simon Katich — Stiffler, Kat Justin Kemp — Daryll (Shane Warnes sledging) Imran Khan — The Lion of Lahore, The King of Swing Michael Klinger — Maxy Lance Klusener — Zulu Anil Kumble — Jumbo Carl Rackemann — Mocca Venkatapathy Raju — Muscles Denesh Ramdin — Shoppy Ravi Rampaul — Frisco Kid Mark Ramprakash — Bloodaxe Ranjitsinhji — Black Prince of Cricketers, Ranji, Smith Derek Randall — Arkle Yalaka Venugopal Rao — Venu Abdul Razzaq — Razzler Bruce Reid — Chook Paul Reiffel — Pistol Dave Renneburg — Big Shine Harold Rhodes — Dusty Rhodes Vivian Richards — Master Blaster, the Master Mark Richardson — Rigor, Rig Greg Ritchie — Fat Cat Steve Rixon — Stumper Jacques Rudolph — Jackie Ken Rutherford — Ruds or Rudder
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