Bada$$ Names in Cricket History

[trundler]

How come George Gunn hasn't been mentioned?

 

[marc71178]

Dave Mohammed.

 

[Engle]

Idk but I like the name Bond....Shane Bond!!

Broad....Stuart Broad

 

[Kirkut]

Asghar Stanikzai. If he ever feels emasculated, just say his own name and it will bring back his manliness.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Murphy Su'a

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Just because his name is so cool to say,

Malachi Jones!

 

[Borges]

Kylian Mbappé-Lottin

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Pikky Ya France

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Pikky Ya France

Legit stuff!

 

[Senile Sentry]

Understandable that you'd want to alter something which originates in Chennai tbf.

What car do u drive mate

 

[Senile Sentry]

Mathew Hayden was a badass name.. maybe just the Mortal Kombat fan in me

Patrick Patterson.. Richie Richardson..

 

[Bijed]

Kola Burger

 

[Migara]

I liked how the West Indians changed Indian names.

Sivanarayanan to Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Ramanarayanan to Dinanath Ramnarine

Narine is just Narayanan, a very common name in Chennai.

And Chanderpaul most probably comes from Chandrapalan, common Tamil name. Dinanath also sounds very sanskrit but cannot find the matching name on top of my head. (Non Muslim areas of South and South Aast Asia, names are heavily sanskritized, despite what language they speak. May be the deities have names that are sanskritized)

 

[vcs]

And Chanderpaul most probably comes from Chandrapalan, common Tamil name. Dinanath also sounds very sanskrit but cannot find the matching name on top of my head. (Non Muslim areas of South and South Aast Asia, names are heavily sanskritized, despite what language they speak. May be the deities have names that are sanskritized)

They're all Indian origin, mostly Bihar and other Northern states.

We have colonialism and slavery to thank for all those cool Indian-sounding names with funky spellings.

 

[Smudge]

Greg Dire . . . at least that's what the spelling of his surname should have been.

 

[Burgey]

Charlie Badcock.

I mean, wow.

 

[CricAddict]

And Chanderpaul most probably comes from Chandrapalan, common Tamil name. Dinanath also sounds very sanskrit but cannot find the matching name on top of my head. (Non Muslim areas of South and South Aast Asia, names are heavily sanskritized, despite what language they speak. May be the deities have names that are sanskritized)

Yes, And am barking on the same point again. Mahendra Nagamootoo is Nagamuthu, again a common name in South Indian villages.

 

[CricAddict]

Charlie Badcock
Quinton De Kock
Dickson
Dickwella
Fakhar Zaman

 

[Kirkut]

Wafadar

Manliest name for a workhorse.

 

[Burgey]

Bob Cunis would have finally found his place in these gender diverse times.

John Arlott once reviewed a day's play and described Cunis' bowling as "Much like his name, neither one thing nor the other."