In this quiz, you have to answer ten questions on cricketers whose official names were inspired by non-cricketers.
Nathan Lyon got his famous nickname from Garry Lyon, former captain of the Melbourne Football Club. Bill Lawry (Phantom), Graham McKenzie (Garth), and Andrew Flintoff (Freddie) got theirs from famous comic strips. David Lloyd is called Bumbles after a television show.
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Mohit Sharma lets out a grunt while releasing the ball prompted some teammates to label him Maria Sharapova. A typing error gave birth to Ashley Giles’s famous nickname, King of Spain.
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All these, however, are nicknames they acquired as adults. These are not official names as they appear in documents and scorecards. However, some cricketers have indeed been named after people of renown in fields other than cricket. At least one cricketer has even added a middle name after a hero.
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Take our quiz to test your knowledge on these cricketers – and the people who inspired their names.
Quiz! How well do you know cricketers named after non-cricketers?
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