Bada$$ Names in Cricket History

[Molehill]

I'm pretty certain Tony De Zorzi is a Mafia boss from 1920's Chicago!!

 

[Isura]

Richard Richardson
Josh Tongue

 

[Isura]

WI are well represented here but I throwing in Wavell Hinds. Becasue Wavell is a badass name.

Also, Lasith Malinga

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I had to do a double take with this one,

Sahan Shashintha Diyamantha Arachchige

 

[Ali TT]

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi is a bit too long to generate aura but that'll change if he reduxes to just Vanshi

 

[HimeshChaturvedi]

Napoleon Einstein

 

[GRAB]

Fond of the SA cricket name Pienaar Anker...

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Eden Apple Tom

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Eden Apple Tom

Bruh, wtf?

 

[zaremba]

Wonder how often c Gayle b Breese (or even the other way around) appeared in WI domestic scorecards?

Pleased to see they did play one Test together for the Windies.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Pleased to see they did play one Test together for the Windies.

They were a regular fixture for Jamaica, if I’m not mistaken

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Praful Hinge

 

[honestbharani]

A lot of the Kannada, Marathi and Saurashtrian/Gujarati (our west coast basically) names end with e but are pronounced "Eh". Can lead to some funny names for sure if t you just pronounced it the regular English way.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

So it's pronounced Hingeh?

@GotSpin

 

[honestbharani]

Haha yeah.. and like how More is pronounced "More-eh"

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Haha yeah.. and like how More is pronounced "More-eh"

When the moon hits your eye
Like a big pizza pie, that's amore

 

[HimeshChaturvedi]

Roelof van der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren, Timm van der Gugten etc.

 

[James]

Sachin Baby.

 

[DrWolverine]

The most apt name for a sportsperson : Usain Bolt
Even his kids have very cool names
Thunder Bolt and Olympia Lightning Bolt

 

[shortpitched713]

Sachin Baby.

I'm most surprised that this guy isn't far from my age, despite being named due to a Sachin Tendulkar century.

Makes me feel ancient.