Cricketing namesakes

[Neil Pickup]

We have a nine year old left arm spinner at my club called Jack Hobbs.

Am so not going to be able to keep a straight face if/when I end up keeping to him on 4th XI debut in four years etc, etc.

 

[Precambrian]

Habhajan Singh -
Off spinner for India,
an Indian army soldier who died near the Nathula Pass in eastern Sikkim, India,
a Punjabi poet, critic, cultural commentator, and translator,
a master of Kundalini Yoga and spiritual leader for the 3HO movement

 

[Precambrian]

Imran Khan

Yesteryear cricketing legend and heartthrob
Modern Bollywood hearthrob.

Some name that!

 

[zaremba]

Alan Wells Olympic 100m champion; Sussex (and, fleetingly, England) batsman

Mark Waugh: elegant batsman who scored bucketfuls of Test runs; (sp. Mark Wagh): elegant batsman

Pratt Sub fielder who ran out Australian captain in 2005; Autralian captain in 2005

 

[zaremba]

Imran Khan

Yesteryear cricketing legend and heartthrob
Modern Bollywood hearthrob.

Some name that!

Also a leading British human rights solicitor

 

[Precambrian]

Robert Kennedy

Former NZ test cricketer, who famously claimed the first wicket in the World Cup 1996.

Also, assassinated former Advocate General, US Senator and Former US Prez JFK's brother.

 

[Precambrian]

Craig McDermott

Former Australian pace bowler,
A Character in the movie American Psycho.

 

[zaremba]

Chris Smith First openly gay British cabinet minister; imported England opening batsman

 

[zaremba]

Graeme Hick: Certain saviour of England's cricket team, 1987 - May 1991; shameful failure and middle-order waste of space for England's cricket team June 1991 onwards.

 

[Precambrian]

Stephen Fleming - Former NZ captain
Stephen Flemmi - Former Italian Amercian mobster.

 

[Precambrian]

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

 

[zaremba]

Paul Parker, great fielder. mediocre batsman for Sussex, or short-arse defender for Manyoo.

Wash your mouth out! The man was a legend.

 

[Precambrian]

Robin Smith (comics), a British comic book artist
Robin Smith (cricketer), a South African-born England international
Robin Smith (psychologist), an American seminarian and author
Robin Smith (wrestler), an American WWF performer
Robin Smith (bishop), Anglican Bishop of Hertford, England, 1990-2001

Ty Wiki.

 

[zaremba]

Tony Cottee: Footballer; midget batsman for Glamorgan and Sussex, and footballer (Autobiography: "There's only 2 Tony Cotteys" (cf Andy Goram))

 

[Precambrian]

Peter Parker - Australian Umpire
Peter Parker - Spiderman

 

[zaremba]

Precambrian we must stop this or we will get dangerously obsessive



This is a fantastic topic

 

[Precambrian]

Precambrian we must stop this or we will get dangerously obsessive



This is a fantastic topic

Can't agree more.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Sachin Tendulkar - the master blaster
Rahul Dravid - the wall

Rahul Tondulkar - scored 357 in the Harris Shield, breaking Vinod Kambli's record set in that partnership with Tendulkar.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Amir Khan - Hit a six off the last ball and spared his village the penalty of a triple tax in the 1800's.

Amir Khan - British boxer

 

[zaremba]

Amir Khan - Hit a six off the last ball and spared his village the penalty of a triple tax in the 1800's.

Explain please?