Alliterative Cricketer Names

[SillyCowCorner1]

I know this name because it sounds great....

Wajahatullah Wasti

I know that there are more awesome cricketers with awesome alliterative names...but this name is so, so exotic. At one point, I mistaken him for Chaminda Vaas.

 

[Starfighter]

Richie Richardson...

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Richie Richardson...

He's certainly up there as the guy with the coolest alliterative name ever.

 

[morgieb]

Herath Herath

 

[Daemon]

We made an XI out of this not too long ago

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Did Wasti make it?

 

[harsh.ag]

Tatenda Taibu

 

[Howe_zat]

Asghar Afghan
Bill Bowes
Craig Cumming
David Denton
Edwin Evans
Frank Foster
Gordon Greenidge
Hamid Hassan

Jeff Jones
Kosala Kulasekara

Muttiah Muralitharan
Njabulo Ncube

Peter Pollock

Ravi Rampaul
Steve Smith
Thilan Thushara

Willie Watson

I was doing well for a bit, then it got difficult.

 

[Howe_zat]

Honorable mention: Gregor McGregor

 

[Daemon]

Njabulo Ncube

 

[_Ed_]

Ajit Agarkar.

 

[trundler]

.. Malcolm Marshall

 

[honestbharani]

Patrick Patterson has not been mentioned yet?

 

[trundler]

Manny Martindale

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Tatenda Taibu

I grew up watching this kid play test cricket...now he's up for coach of his nation.
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On an unrelated note, your post was my 1000th 'likes given'

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

.. Malcolm Marshall

Legend.

 

[Engle]

OTOH :

Azhar Ali
Mushtaq Mohammed
Basil Butcher
Bishen Bedi
Ramiz Raja
Graham Gooch
Hedley Howarth
Rodney Redmond

Yousuf Youhanna before he changed his name.
Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge, Balfour Patrick Patterson and Michael Colin Cowdrey better known by their middle names

 

[Engle]

Pat Pocock, Bernard Bosanquet, Shane Shillingford, Gary Gilmour, Bob Barber (OK, that s/b Robert)

 

[AndrewB]

Asghar Afghan
Bill Bowes
Craig Cumming
David Denton
Edwin Evans
Frank Foster
Gordon Greenidge
Hamid Hassan

Jeff Jones
Kosala Kulasekara

Muttiah Muralitharan
Njabulo Ncube

Peter Pollock

Ravi Rampaul
Steve Smith
Thilan Thushara

Willie Watson

I was doing well for a bit, then it got difficult.

Vince van der Bijl
LL is surprisingly tricky. Les Lehman used to play for Sussex, and Jock Livingston’s real name was Leonard.