Great cricketing names

[Jono]

I always found Michael Vandort a cool name. Vandort is a reall great surname.

 

[Langeveldt]

I always found Michael Vandort a cool name. Vandort is a reall great surname.

yeah agreed.. cue lots of silly people calling him Van Dort though..

 

[Jono]

I was thinking "Van-Dork" would be the way to make fun of the name.

 

[andyc]

Maxwell (I think.. one of the guys on the ABC) simply started calling him 'Dot' during his innings in the VB Series

 

[howardj]

There are plenty of players around with top quality names at the moment - props to Langeveldt for pointing out Hamilton Masakadza and Arnoldus Mauritius Blignaut on another thread, that got me wondering what other wonders world cricket holds. A few of my personal favourites are (apart from Masakadza and Blignaut of course):

Dave Mohammed
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
Ian Daniel - a Sri Lankan with a Scottish first name is priceless!!
Warnakulasooriya Vaas - that's Chaminda's real name!
Dwayne Bravo - sounds like a superhero
Charlie Shreck
Tatenda Taibu - loving the alliteration
Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman
Stuart Matsikenyeri
Alester Maregwede
Mfuneko Ngam
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Mahendra Nagamootoo
Dinanath Ramnarine

We have a winner!

 

[Jono]

Maxwell (I think.. one of the guys on the ABC) simply started calling him 'Dot' during his innings in the VB Series

LOL! That's quite smart considering how slow he was batting.

 

[Chubb]

From Australia's tour of Zimbabwe, this guy represented Zimbabwe 'A':

Innocent Chinyoka

He's a convicted thief, you know.

 

[danish]

'A Sad Case' made me spit my drink out

 

[TIF]

None of the names can beat that of - Ashish Winston Zaidi, a medium-pacer from Uttar Pradesh, India. He is the 1st cricketer to have a full name comprised of a Hindu, Muslim and Christian name.

 

[Autobahn]

Daniel Bottom
Andrew Pratt - you couldjust imagine the commentator "And it's A Pratt out to bat"
David ****
William ****burn - Painful
Aamer Butt
Kariyawasam Tirana Gamage Dammika Prasad

I could go on forever

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Sameera de Zoysa

Not really wierd, but three 's's in his initials, in a row.

The only other 'word' I know with three consecutive 's's is the German word for snack bar,
Imbissstube

 

[sirjeremy11]

Got to say nothing can beat "The bowlers' Holding, the batsmans' Willey". Sure, maybe Willey is a funny name, but I don't think that anyone could have picked that until it came out of the commentators mouth.

 

[Langeveldt]

Sameera de Zoysa

Not really wierd, but three 's's in his initials, in a row.

The only other 'word' I know with three consecutive 's's is the German word for snack bar,
Imbissstube

strictly speaking its Imbiβstube, but I guess I'll let you off

 

[Smudge]

Some first class cricketers :

Ilikena Lasarusa Talebulamainavaleniveivakabulaimainakulalakebalau
]

Not surprisingly, his name was shortened to "Bula" during the tours of NZ in the 1950s.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Wasn't there some umpire once called *******?

 

[andyc]

David ****

I've honestly no idea what that could be

 

[Jamee999]

strictly speaking its Imbiβstube, but I guess I'll let you off

Double s is replacable for a β -but the other way round is not allways correct-.

 

[nookie_lk]

There are plenty of players around with top quality names at the moment - props to Langeveldt for pointing out Hamilton Masakadza and Arnoldus Mauritius Blignaut on another thread, that got me wondering what other wonders world cricket holds. A few of my personal favourites are (apart from Masakadza and Blignaut of course):

Dave Mohammed
Kaushal Lokuarachchi
Ian Daniel - a Sri Lankan with a Scottish first name is priceless!!
Warnakulasooriya Vaas - that's Chaminda's real name!
Dwayne Bravo - sounds like a superhero
Charlie Shreck
Tatenda Taibu - loving the alliteration
Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman
Stuart Matsikenyeri
Alester Maregwede
Mfuneko Ngam
Lakshmipathy Balaji
Mahendra Nagamootoo
Dinanath Ramnarine

plenty of such names like that in SL dude !!!

 

[Langeveldt]

Robbie Frylinck - A personal favourite of mine pronounced "Fraylinck" and has had an awesome start to his career in the Standard Bank Cup..

 

[Anna]

Mahendra Nagamootoo has to be one of my favs.