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Title: Nicknames
Post by: LeonieKelly18 on February 15, 2013, 09:47:00 AM
As my team has at last found a nickname for me as we have 2 leo's in the team. i just wanted to know if any of you have or have heard or created some funny nicknames?
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Buzz on February 15, 2013, 09:49:02 AM
I am the "Tin Man" because I creak when I keep wicket/stand at slip... I need to oil my joints a bit more!!
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Simmy on February 15, 2013, 09:50:58 AM
ive been called lots of things haha

when i was younger used to call me symbols cos i used to clap when keeping like i was smashing symbols 2gether..

now i get call sow... cos im fat and greedy like a pig lol
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: fatbats on February 15, 2013, 09:54:23 AM
Too many to count for me depending on which sport or club but one at the moment is Noah as initials are ARC but others

Rilla as I'm apparently big and hairy
Rillaroo
Roco

There are others but not for a public forum
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: joeylough on February 15, 2013, 09:58:32 AM
Joe,
Erm you there,
many other that cannot be repeated without a lot of explaining.
Then the ones that are banned from the forum for good reason.
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Red Ink Cricket on February 15, 2013, 10:01:01 AM
Johners - my names john
figjam - self explanatory
bieber - i grew my hair a little and looked like bieber. got it cut very quickly!

happy with johners but the others are rubbish.
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: The_Bird on February 15, 2013, 10:03:35 AM
A few from international cricket

Martin Guptill -  Marty Two-Toes, The Fish

Peter Fulton - 2 metre Peter

Ashley Giles - The King of Spain

John Crawley - Creepy

Mark Waugh - Afgan

oh and John Eales - Nobody's


Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: SixOfTheBest on February 15, 2013, 10:05:48 AM
Pretty simple from me... been Stevo (surname Stevenson, pretty self-explanatory) since U10s and as such have hardly been called anything else in my cricketing career (apart from maybe my first name from some older blokes)
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Blazer on February 15, 2013, 10:06:49 AM
Bubba as I had a drooping lip as result of a freak accident in the nets where the ball hit me on the rebound from the steel frame .
Bubba on Shrimp - Forrest Gump (3/9) Movie CLIP (1994) HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rT5fYMfEUc#ws)
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: LeonieKelly18 on February 15, 2013, 10:09:05 AM
HAHA ive laughed out loud a few times already!

mine is so common and typical compared to some of yours..

Princess
always used to get called donkey
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Bruce on February 15, 2013, 10:18:47 AM
Ok, Where to start!
Bruce
Baffoon
Loon
Bovine
Coy
Pal
DeCoy
Barrett
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: LeonieKelly18 on February 15, 2013, 10:20:20 AM
Ok, Where to start!
Bruce
Baffoon
Loon
Bovine
Coy
Pal
DeCoy
Barrett

whats the story with some of these?
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Red Ink Cricket on February 15, 2013, 10:22:40 AM
HAHA ive laughed out loud a few times already!

mine is so common and typical compared to some of yours..

Princess
always used to get called donkey

is there a shrek in the team too?
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Buzz on February 15, 2013, 10:24:27 AM
is there a shrek in the team too?

What about the puss in boots?
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: tommo256 on February 15, 2013, 10:27:49 AM
Hammer
Pepper
Percy
Tommo
Lethal
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Red Ink Cricket on February 15, 2013, 10:29:35 AM
What about the puss in boots?

this could go on all day.
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Buzz on February 15, 2013, 10:36:45 AM
Fairy Godmother, Prince Charming...
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Bruce on February 15, 2013, 10:43:37 AM
whats the story with some of these?
Bruce- We all call each other bruce, stemmed from a load of us going to Egypt on holiday and has stuck for 5 years!
Baffoon- Not neally sure
Loon (loon head, loon face) This came from the soon to be father in law, think I called him a loon first but it stuck on me!
Bovine- I was about to call someone a baffoon but bovine came out instead?!
Coy- Surname
Pal- as in friend, an old coach used to address every one as 'Pal'
DeCoy- first name David... One cricket tour to Mallorca CC, scorers shoted bowlers name, With a reply of 'Did his mother not think!'
Barrett- Unfortunately, this is one of my middle names :( I'm getting married in April, I think I'm gonna have to get the bloke to pause for laughter
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: trypewriter on February 15, 2013, 10:46:31 AM
One of the funniest I heard was a guy who rejoiced in the nickname 'Fatal' - quite pleasing for a bowler, with connotations of doom, death, inevitability, the hour of reckoning.
He was miffed when he realised that it was actually a bit of a pun and he was actually being called Fat Al.  :D
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: LeonieKelly18 on February 15, 2013, 10:48:23 AM
is there a shrek in the team too?

probably me as well! haha
puss in boots is what we make the opposition!
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Manormanic on February 15, 2013, 10:58:15 AM
Some good ones we've had over the years -

The Ghost (our opening bowler, possibly the whitest man on the planet)
Swiss Toni (a batsman who resembled the Fast Show car salesman)
The Morse Code Kid (dot, dot, dash - his batting was always blocks and quick singles)
LGL (the Forum's very own Leo - I'll let him explain)

Favourite pro one - Peter Hartley used to be known as Daisy at Yorkshire - because some days he does it and some days he doesn't.   
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: MD2812 on February 15, 2013, 11:16:51 AM

Mcelderry - my name is Joe McCarthy so but of word play. Was a lamb to the slaughter for banter when he came out gay!
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Wolfie89 on February 15, 2013, 11:37:59 AM
Mine are pretty boring, its normally one of 3

Jordo - my names Jordan
Jowen - put the J from Jordan with my surname and you get Jowen
Wolfie - this started at work because I apparently look like Eddie Munster and it got carried over to cricket
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Manormanic on February 15, 2013, 11:39:05 AM
Along similar lines, one of our youngsters is Sally (S.Ali)
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Kulli on February 15, 2013, 11:49:55 AM
Bones or Boner if they're feeling particularly nasty, as I used to be super skinny, and someone once described me as a bag of bones and it stuck.

My all time favourites from cricketers are

Spikes and Crime.
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: wilkie113 on February 15, 2013, 11:54:44 AM
Planet, because once i decided to shave my head and it's huge, and it looks like a planet.

Wilks or wilkie, as it's my surname
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: farnham_quins_2 on February 15, 2013, 12:04:45 PM
We have a couple of nicknames within our team, I dont really have one.

Minty (Paul Murray -> Murray Mint)
Little Mint (Paul's son)
Deano Bambino (my dad, Dean)
Rafa (captain who looks like Rafa Benitez)
Deadly (bowler called Derek who bowls pie chuckers)
Dudley (same bowler because someone thought we were saying Dudley, not Deadly)
Silly Jerry and Jerry the Berry (2 Jerrys so have to have nicknames, ones a bit of a prat)
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: fasteddie on February 15, 2013, 12:20:37 PM
fasteddie - when I was in the Army I was first out of the door when there was any kind of sport or an operation availavble.
eddie - because my surname is Edwards
mr rivers - a friend wrote a book and there was an army character called mr rivers. Apparently he based the character on me!

I was named "scud" at one game. It didn't last long but my innings consisted of me swinging a missing an awful lot. Somehow I got to 50. Scud, because I never hit anything!
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: tushar sehgal on February 15, 2013, 12:27:26 PM
Tush
Tushy
Shark
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: fros23 on February 15, 2013, 01:05:46 PM
Mine is currently Deep Impact.

A few of the more noteable ones at our club are:

Evita
Bow tie
The Crunch
Scottish Bob - who is neither scottish or called bob.
Slapbass
Warhorse
The Duchess
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: MD2812 on February 15, 2013, 01:30:02 PM

Little Mint (Paul's son)

You should call him Tic Tac! (Other small mints available)
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Vitas Cricket on February 15, 2013, 01:51:00 PM
Mine is 'Dusty'

My surname is Miller, Geoff Miller was known as Dusty and it has stuck to me ever since someone mentioned it.

Robin has many.

'Aslan' - a cheeky dig at his obsession with Lions
'Vending' or 'Vendo' - his family business is a vending machine company
'Mr Tickle' - named in honour of his favourite shot, the tickle down to fine leg

Others at our club include:

'Tubes' or 'Adele' or 'The Honey Monster' - the same person, depending on his weight/hairstyle he looks like Adele, or Soccer AM's Tubes or The Honey Monster

'Boris' - (http://sphotos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/5850_135223581006_2439722_n.jpg)

'Bg Show' - One of our seamers looks just like the wrestler.

There are many others, but these are mostly in jokes.
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: farnham_quins_2 on February 15, 2013, 02:07:23 PM
You should call him Tic Tac! (Other small mints available)

Haha yeah might go with that one! Smints are pretty small too aren't they, might go for Sminty!
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: thecord on February 15, 2013, 03:19:36 PM
Please see user name...
The best one in my team is Tubs, not for the name itself but the reason for it. People would assume it is due to a "stocky" build but this is not the case.
The father of the lad's girlfriend walked in on him in the bathroom at the family home late one night to find him perched on the edge of the the bathtub taking a dump in the bath  :o

Safe to say he had had rather a lot to drink that night and will never be allowed to forget the humiliating experience  :D
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Howzat on February 15, 2013, 03:55:33 PM
At Uni = Harpoon. However I know Manormanic has another nickname for me...
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on February 15, 2013, 03:57:41 PM
Going after the whales ???

alot like a moped fun to ride but you dont want your mates to see you on one
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: 97notout on February 15, 2013, 07:05:18 PM
Brad or Friedel. I look like a smaller version of Brad Friedel.
Got a bit embarrassing when he signed for the claret and blue side of the city but all better now.
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: 19reading87 on February 15, 2013, 07:23:32 PM
Brad or Friedel. I look like a smaller version of Brad Friedel.
Got a bit embarrassing when he signed for the claret and blue side of the city but all better now.


Braddddddd
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: procricket on February 15, 2013, 07:33:07 PM
teflon
symbols
bungalow
watto
bogtrotter
northern pike
bogtrotter
dustbin lid
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: crictech on February 15, 2013, 07:39:01 PM
I thought the Indian chaps had nicknamed me "bad shot" until one of them told me they were calling me bhenchod
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: tim2000s on February 15, 2013, 10:30:13 PM
I got nicknamed "Wibble wobble" when we went to Jamaica by the opposition because i was the only bowler swinging the ball.
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: SOULMAN1012 on February 16, 2013, 11:04:58 PM
For do, due to my being verticaly challenged and I wear my wedding ring on my chain when we play so I never lose it.

Hence Frodo
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Manormanic on February 17, 2013, 10:12:56 AM
At Uni = Harpoon. However I know Manormanic has another nickname for me...

that'll be down to where you like to shoot your harpoon! ;)
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: LeonieKelly18 on February 26, 2013, 02:04:11 PM
after a week of dubai, coming back finding out im injured and then reading all the messages i had missed over the week... its safe to say you all have made my extremely unfortunate day a lot better!!! ahhah thank you all for your hilarious nicknames.

in dubai i got a few new ones:

The beast and leo the lion =  as i can make realistic sounding animal noises....  (slightly embarrassing)
shakira  =  as i thought i was at the shakira type dancing then the performers where i didnt mind showing every one...
Arab = as we went in to the dessert and i got a arab headscarf wrapped around me and all the men in the camp who where trying to get money out of me started calling me sister and Arab lady...
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Chad on February 26, 2013, 02:15:16 PM
Hope you recover from the injury soon!

I'm known as Hong Kong express, and have been known as that since I started cricket as I am a British born Chinese and used to steam in while bowling. (Used to be like 55 mph haha, although have gained a bit of pace)

Also known as Chuddy, which means underwear in some dialect... :-[
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: goodarmcindy on February 26, 2013, 02:31:44 PM
Cindy (see my username), some jokers on the boundary started calling it me in a junior game because I couldn't throw the ball back in from the boundary and it stuck.
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Manormanic on February 26, 2013, 02:52:40 PM
Also known as Chuddy, which means underwear in some dialect... :-[

Chuddy is chewing gum...
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: cricketbadger on February 26, 2013, 04:37:36 PM
I have a few
Deeb, because my girlfriend is ceeb,her dads geeb, then i joined the club and being called Dom meant im now deeb
also Big Dom and Tail, which I'll leave to your own imagination and finally D-Ball
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: tushar sehgal on February 26, 2013, 05:16:52 PM
Chuddy is chewing gum...

In hindi it is underwear, shorts depending on how its used..
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Manormanic on February 26, 2013, 07:01:49 PM
In hindi it is underwear, shorts depending on how its used..
In Yorkshire its chewing gum and we Yorkshire folk ain't fer changin' ;)
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Post by: Abighugeappl on February 26, 2013, 07:10:51 PM
My nickname is Jekyll as my last name is Hyde. Quite cool really  :D
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Post by: mdl_1979 on February 26, 2013, 07:14:00 PM
I'm known as Local, given how close I live to the club.
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: tushar sehgal on February 26, 2013, 07:20:27 PM
In Yorkshire its chewing gum and we Yorkshire folk ain't fer changin' ;)

 :) oh well...
Title: Re: Nicknames
Post by: Mortimer on February 26, 2013, 10:25:31 PM
At one cricket club, I was "Sid / Sidney" after Sid Waddell the darts comentator on the basis we were both Geordies and my surname is quite close to Waddell

My rugby nickname was straightarm after a rather "robust" tackle on an opponent 10 minutes into my debut for the club

We alos had a guy whose nickname was "Coookie" as his surname is Cook; he son is known as "Biscuit"