A Long Name

[SillyCowCorner1]

The greatest,

Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards

 

[Magrat Garlick]

By the end of his life, Mr Talebulamainavaleniveivakabulaimainakulalakebalau may hold two records: Longest surname and longest lived first class cricketer. He has about 5 years to go to beat the Oceanic continental record and 7 years to go to break the world record.

Regret to inform you he's dead (paragraph eight here https://fijisun.com.fj/2014/02/01/cricket-remembers-ratu-kavuru/ )

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Eldeniya Medagedara Dilshan Yasika Munaweera (SL)
Gayashan Ranga De Silva Munasinghe (SL)
Mathurage Don Kusal Janith Perera (SL)
Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera (SL)
Palihawadana Arachchilage Ralp Priyamal Perera (SL)
Kariyawasam Tirana Gamage Dhammika Prasad (SL)
Paththamperuma Arachchige Don Lakshan Rangika Sandakan (SL)
Jayasundara Ranasinghe Mudiyanselage Vikum Bandara Sanjaya (SL)
Hettige Don Rumesh Lahiru Thirimanne (SL)
Victor Rocha Cunha F Poubel (BRA)
Bentota Baduge Joy Lenin Perera (ITA)
George Hayward Thomas Simpson-Hayward (ENG)

First and last names are the same:
Senanayake Mudiyanselage Sachithra Madhushanka Senanayake (SL)

 

[a massive zebra]

Regret to inform you he's dead (paragraph eight here https://fijisun.com.fj/2014/02/01/cricket-remembers-ratu-kavuru/ )

Oh thanks. Cricinfo and wikipedia still show him as living.

 

[fredfertang]

John Elicius Benedict Bernard Placid Quirk Carrington Dwyer

 

[Victor Ian]

Mahamarakkala Kurukulasooriya Patabendige Akila Dananjaya Perera

I particularly like that he bowls spin with this section of his name

 

[Line and Length]

Re J.W.H.T. Douglas and Boy Brumby's comment -

Doesn't he have a gold medal in boxing from the 1908 Olympics too?

He did indeed.
For some time I thought there was a cloud over his victory in that his father refereed his bout with Australia's Snowy Baker. I decided to look into this and found the following:

"In 1908 Douglas won an Olympic gold medal as a middleweight boxer. All three of his bouts, including the final, described by The Times as "one of the most brilliant exhibitions of skilful boxing, allied to tremendous hitting, ever seen.", were held on the same day. The silver medal winner, Snowy Baker, 44 years later falsely claimed that Douglas's father was the sole judge and referee.
Baker never publicly contested the close points verdict which Douglas, who scored a second-round knockdown over him and won in their Olympic final. Yet, in a 1952 interview, he claimed that Douglas's father had refereed the fight, leading to widespread suspicion of a dodgy decision. In reality Douglas senior was at ringside, to present the medals, in his role as president of the Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABA). The real referee was Eugene Corri, who did not have to give a casting vote as the two judges agreed that Douglas was a narrow winner."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Douglas

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Henry Thomas Raphael York Thornton (is he still a thing? Is he still injured? Cricinfo actually found him fifth initial too)

Funny you should mention Thornton, just heard he's moving down to Melbourne for next season. Got through most of last season without injury, not sure if he's still quite as rapid as he was

Really liked what relatively little I saw a couple of years back

 

[Shady Slim]

I particularly like that he bowls spin with this section of his name

on account of what i know about lankan names that’s not pronounced “bendage” eh? isn’t it a bit more, er, homoerotic?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

"Ben-duh-agay"?

 

[Shady Slim]

"Ben-duh-agay"?

see i was thinking bendy-gay

 

[Migara]

Eldeniya Medagedara Dilshan Yasika Munaweera (SL)
Gayashan Ranga De Silva Munasinghe (SL)
Mathurage Don Kusal Janith Perera (SL)
Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera (SL)
Palihawadana Arachchilage Ralp Priyamal Perera (SL)
Kariyawasam Tirana Gamage Dhammika Prasad (SL)
Paththamperuma Arachchige Don Lakshan Rangika Sandakan (SL)
Jayasundara Ranasinghe Mudiyanselage Vikum Bandara Sanjaya (SL)
Hettige Don Rumesh Lahiru Thirimanne (SL)
Victor Rocha Cunha F Poubel (BRA)
Bentota Baduge Joy Lenin Perera (ITA)
George Hayward Thomas Simpson-Hayward (ENG)

First and last names are the same:
Senanayake Mudiyanselage Sachithra Madhushanka Senanayake (SL)

That guy is a Lankan expat

 

[Migara]

on account of what i know about lankan names that’s not pronounced “bendage” eh? isn’t it a bit more, er, homoerotic?

the "e" sound as "a" in "act". And "nd" had no equivalent in English it's a nasal version of "th" as in "thus".

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

That guy is a Lankan expat

Wow, I didn't know that. I saw the Lenin in his name and thought that he was born and bred in Italy.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

the "e" sound as "a" in "act". And "nd" had no equivalent in English it's a nasal version of "th" as in "thus".

Bathaga

 

[Magrat Garlick]

the "e" sound as "a" in "act". And "nd" had no equivalent in English it's a nasal version of "th" as in "thus".

i guess that's the same name as Baduge in the guy who plays for Italy?

(latin transliteration, the bane of every proper name)

 

[Dan]

First and last names are the same:
Senanayake Mudiyanselage Sachithra Madhushanka Senanayake (SL)

Always enjoyed early versions of ICC that both didn't understand how Sri Lankan domestic cricket worked, nor how Sri Lankan names worked - leading to such overpowered and wonderful overseas players as Dissanayake Dissanayake and Herath Herath.

 

[Migara]

i guess that's the same name as Baduge in the guy who plays for Italy?

(latin transliteration, the bane of every proper name)

"Ba" is as "Bu" in bud. "d" stands for "th" of "thus". "ge" is sounded close as "gay". I am not familiar with English phonetics alphabet. It can better represent these names. Sinhalese is a phonetic language and has nearly 95% of consonants and vowels that humans can make (notable exception is clicks seen in African languages). It is very easy for us to copy accents of other countries, because we are used to making lot of different sounds.

And the British will know how different Sri Lankan expats speak compared to Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi counterparts. It finally comes down to how adpated your primary language to copy sounds.