Cricketing namesakes

[Richard]

Napoleon - Former French commander
Einstein - Former Scientist
Napoleon Einstein - U-19 Indian cricketer.

Haha, that's mad. What were his parents thinking? How could anyone not be a letdown with a name like that?

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Haha, that's mad. What were his parents thinking? How could anyone not be a letdown with a name like that?

Relatively common in India, or so I've heard.

 

[Precambrian]

Haha, that's mad. What were his parents thinking? How could anyone not be a letdown with a name like that?

Relatively common in India, or so I've heard.

It seems his father was an atheist and a rationalist. So wanted to avoid the usual names which are of gods/saints. Sterling name though.

 

[Craig]

It seems his father was an atheist and a rationalist. So wanted to avoid the usual names which are of gods/saints. Sterling name though.

Up there with Fuifui Moimoi in awesome names.

 

[stumpski]

Mike Smith - name of several cricketers including 1960s England captain MJK.

Also an 80s TV and radio presenter, who may still be married to Blue Peter's Sarah Green. Seems to have gone to ground.

 

[stumpski]

And if fictional characters are being allowed - and it seems that they are - Carl Hooper, as well as being an underachieving Windies batsman and skipper, was the presenter of 'That's Amazing!' on seminal 90s sketch show The Fast Show. May have just been a case of nicking the name though.

 

[stumpski]

One more - Will Smith, sometime Fresh Prince and Man in Black and also Durham batsman (tipped as next year's captain)

 

[Richard]

Essex seamer Jahid Ahmed has an almost identical name to Exeter CC's Jahad Ahmed, pictured here 3rd from left back row:

 

[Joe Ninety]

And if fictional characters are being allowed - and it seems that they are - Carl Hooper, as well as being an underachieving Windies batsman and skipper, was the presenter of 'That's Amazing!' on seminal 90s sketch show The Fast Show. May have just been a case of nicking the name though.

Get off my show.

 

[_Ed_]

One of my favourite shows that.

 

[BoyBrumby]

New entry: David Warner. He's either newest call up the the Australian squad or a respected English actor.

 

[completeNZer]

Jack Russel - Former England wicket keeper or annoying yappy dog

 

[Midwinter]

David Warner - also leader and singer with 70/80's aussie group Dave Warner's From The Suburbs, well known for his sporting songs like

Half Time at the Football
Free Kicks
Kookaburra Girl

Usually put on a good show

 

[Richard]

Jack Russel - Former England wicket keeper or annoying yappy dog

And there was another "Jack" Russell in the England team in the 1920s, to boot. Neither was actually called Jack, the name was just a nickname (presumably because of the dog).

The 1920s batsman was Charles Albert George Russell; the 1990s wicketkeeper was Robert Charles Russell.

 

[Xuhaib]

Zohaib Ahmed- Islamabad trundler and CW member with 3180 posts :P

 

[BoyBrumby]

Thought I'd dig this up as James Cameron is taking time off from his busy schedule of making simplistic, obvious CGI-heavy epics to spend the summer with Worcestershire.

 

[honestbharani]

Are you sure it is him and NOT his 3D Avatar?

 

[Richard]

Not really a namesake as such but this guy got me laughing proper as he surely has the most number of famous cricketers included in his names ever.

 

[stumpski]

I thought this might be the place to ask, does anyone know if the Paul Newman from the Daily Mail who featured on last Sunday's Cricket Writers on TV (as opposed to deceased Hollywood megastar) is the Derbyshire fast bowler from the 1980s?

 

[fredfertang]

No he's a career journo - has ghosted books for Nasser Hussain, David Smith and others