Do you think we need to continue with giving fast bowlers monikers (eg., ‘White Lightning’, Whispering Death’, etc)?

[SillyCowCorner1]

I read up Michael Holding’s profile and Cricinfo and how he got the name of Whispering Death,

To the umpires he was malevolent stealth personified so they christened him Whispering Death.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/michael-holding-52063

Would love to see this back in the game. It provides more narratives and fun storylines.

Just my two cents.

 

[Thala_0710]

I read up Michael Holding’s profile and Cricinfo and how he got the name of Whispering Death,

To the umpires he was malevolent stealth personified so they christened him Whispering Death.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/michael-holding-52063

Would love to see this back in the game. It provides more narratives and fun storylines.

Just my two cents.

Yup, let's come up with something for the three potential ATGs in Bumrah, Cummins and Rabada to start with

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Yup, let's come up with something for the three potential ATGs in Bumrah, Cummins and Rabada to start with

I think these guys are already past it for them to get in field names

 

[kevinw]

White Lightning can be reused for Jamie Overton. A bowler raised in Ciderabad but a really cheap version of actual cider.

 

[Starfighter]

No

 

[TheJediBrah]

We had a gun spin bowler called Brown Panther but it we stopped for obvious reasons

 

[Coronis]

I think these guys are already past it for them to get in field names

Nicknames they already have

Cummins - Cummo, Cider, Postman Pat
Rabada - KG
Bumrah - Boom, Boom Boom Bumrah, Mufasa

Obviously Cummins has the best

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Nicknames they already have

Cummins - Cummo, Cider, Postman Pat
Rabada - KG
Bumrah - Boom, Boom Boom Bumrah, Mufasa

Obviously Cummins has the best

If we are going along these lines, then Pat does have the best-- Log Cabin Cummins

 

[TheJediBrah]

Cummins' Cider

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Haze gets the Bendemeer Bullet occasionally, which isn't too bad imo


Sloon still probably one of my favourites of all time though

 

[Bolo.]

Nicknames they already have

Cummins - Cummo, Cider, Postman Pat
Rabada - KG
Bumrah - Boom, Boom Boom Bumrah, Mufasa

Obviously Cummins has the best

Rabada with the worst. I think he's the only player in ever in international cricket with either of his real names, and KG only exists as a nickname because Kagiso is tough for some people to pronounce.

 

[honestbharani]

HazleGod > all other nicknames tbh

 

[Line and Length]

Here are a dozen to test you. They are all pacemen, starting with the easiest.

White Lightning
Rawalpindi Express
Big Bird
Pigeon
Dizzy
Typhoon
Paddles
FOT
Two Up
Horse
Henry
George

 

[subshakerz]

Nicknames they already have

Cummins - Cummo, Cider, Postman Pat
Rabada - KG
Bumrah - Boom, Boom Boom Bumrah, Mufasa

Obviously Cummins has the best

Boom Boom is Afridi no?