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Old 27-01-2007, 02:22 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Longest name in cricket

I was browsing Cricinfo today, and came across the name Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara, and thought they can't get much longer than this. Do they?
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Old 27-01-2007, 02:24 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Chaminda would give him a run for him money I reckon.
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Old 27-01-2007, 02:25 PM   #3 (permalink)
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No, but this guy would:

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Old 27-01-2007, 02:28 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara - 49 letters

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Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas - 52 letters

Vaas has more.
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Old 27-01-2007, 02:31 PM   #5 (permalink)
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ARRAPWRRKB Amunugama has 104.
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Old 27-01-2007, 02:34 PM   #6 (permalink)
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The rest seem fairly pathetic compared to him.

Any non-Sri Lankan ones?
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Old 27-01-2007, 02:42 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Is Mal Loye the shortest name?
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Old 27-01-2007, 03:04 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Is Mal Loye the shortest name?
It's about as close as Ian Bell.
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Old 27-01-2007, 03:32 PM   #9 (permalink)
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ARRAPWRRKB Amunugama has 104.
Who used to be plain old RKB Amunugama...
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Is Mal Loye the shortest name?
Depends if we count middle names or not. Brett Lee at 8 is quite short.
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It's about as close as Ian Bell.
Don't forget Bill Dow.
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Never realised Fiji played First-Class games, he was a handy player too by the looks of it.
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Never realised Fiji played First-Class games, he was a handy player too by the looks of it.
They had some tours of New Zealand. Think the last one was in 1956.
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