It's important for an Australian cricketer to have a nickname which is not just a halving of the surname and adding of a vowel - Marto, Watto, Haddo, Katto, Johnno etc
So, we're going to provide The Balls nicknames for Australian cricketers. Some easy to follow, others not so much
Matthew Hayden - The Chef
(Has put out more cookbooks than Steve Waugh has tour diaries)
Simon Katich - Flea
(Katich = Cat Itch = Flea)
Ricky Ponting - The Bourbon & Beefsteak
(We'll never forget a young Ricky sporting a black eye courtesy of an altercation in a Bourbon and Beefsteak in Kings Cross)
Michael Clarke - The Bingle Bungle
(Lara - she seems like such a sweet girl. I, personally, blame Fev)
Michael Hussey - Brazen
(Self explanatory, Brazen Hussey. His brother David is Shameless)
Shane Watson - The Milky Bar Kid
(Needs to drink a lot of milk to build up strength in his bones to stop constantly breaking)
Brad Haddin - Tuckerbox
(Grew up in Gundagai, near where the dog sits on said tuckerbox)
Cameron White - Saviour Of The World
(Self explanatory, he's the greatest guy ever)
Brett Lee - Bollywood Charm
(self explanatory)
Mitchel Johnson - Work Experience Kid
(Comes along, looks young and fresh faced, tries to do the things that everyone else does but fails)
Stuart Clark - The Consultant
(Came into an established line up to replace a retiring stalwart who was taking all the corporate knowledge and nobody else in the team had the right skills)
7 comments:
Anything other than 'Mr Cricket' for Huss and this blog loses all credibility.
Period.
Mr Cricket is quite possibly the worst nickname that anyone has given to anyone. Ever.
Even Brazen himself doesn't like it
Would make more sense if there was an explanation for some of these...
Clark strikes me as more of an Accountant then a Consultant..
You make a good point Moses - Will update this arvo
Some have been known to call Ponting, Ponnating back home.
Ponna=gay,womanly man,
I personally call him the two headed moster, cuz he plays good cop bad cop with him self when it comes to catches and such like
That makes much more sense now, some pearlers in there..
You could stick a link with Bollywood Brett, but I'm sure everyone's seen that abomination.
I like Damith's idea too, maybe 'Good Cop, Bad Cop' could work... or, if you dare, you could question his integrity..
Generally I call him Rick(y) in reference to the time when his hair re-appeared and he tried to change his name in search of greater marketing appeal.
Thank you kindly Moses, Question Pontings integrity ? Surely you jest!
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