Long names

[mic59]

Here's the name of a Sri Lankan cricketer I got from the stats board. It seems the Sri Lankans and the Indians are the ones with the really long names. This bloke, who played in 1982-83, has 51 letters.

Madurasinghe Arachchige Wijayasiri Ranjith Madurasinghe

 

[ImperialPurple]

Mad for short.

 

[Freo Big Fella]

Originally posted by mic59
Here's the name of a Sri Lankan cricketer I got from the stats board. It seems the Sri Lankans and the Indians are the ones with the really long names. This bloke, who played in 1982-83, has 51 letters.

Madurasinghe Arachchige Wijayasiri Ranjith Madurasinghe

If someone walks up to me on the street and pronounces that correctly, I'll give em 50 bucks.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas.

 

[wang]

Jon Moss

 

[Bomber Spirit]

Not quite in the same class, but still rather impressive:

Ellawalakankanamge Asoka Ranjit De Silva
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (not bad for one with no middle name)

 

[kretchy]

Here's a few first class Sri Lankan cricketers.

Amunugama Rajapakse Rajakaruna Abeykoon Panditha Wasalamudiyanse Ralahamilage Ranjith Krishantha Bandara Amunugama

Arya Kastriya Takurartiya Dawaditya Gadyawasam Lidamullage Asitha Suraj de Silva

Wijeweera Gunaratne Mahawidana Muhandiramge Tharindu Deepal De Silva

 

[CatManDo]

Originally posted by kretchy
Here's a few first class Sri Lankan cricketers.

Amunugama Rajapakse Rajakaruna Abeykoon Panditha Wasalamudiyanse Ralahamilage Ranjith Krishantha Bandara Amunugama

Thats either a false name, or his parents were taking the p1ss.

 

[aaricho]

Originally posted by kretchy
Here's a few first class Sri Lankan cricketers.

Amunugama Rajapakse Rajakaruna Abeykoon Panditha Wasalamudiyanse Ralahamilage Ranjith Krishantha Bandara Amunugama

I find this one very hard to beleive ..........

 

[DaveW]

Originally posted by wang
Jon Moss

Except his name is Jonathon.

I beleive Jo Angel is the (equal?) shortest full name for a Test cricketer.

 

[the fly]

Originally posted by DaveW
Except his name is Jonathon.

I beleive Jo Angel is the (equal?) shortest full name for a Test cricketer.

Umar Gul

 

[The Passenger]

Originally posted by aaricho
I find this one very hard to beleive ..........

you better believe it

http://www-aus.cricket.org/link_to_database/PLAYERS/SL/A/AMUNUGAMA_ARRAPWRRKB_08020537/

took 231 FC wickets at 26

If you go to the Sri Lankan players list, go to letter 'A' (located at http://www-aus.cricket.org/link_to_database/PLAYERS/SL/A/ ) and scroll down, you get this:

Amerasinghe, M
Amerasinghe, MKDI
Amerasinghe, NN
Amerasinghe, S
Amithakeerthi, I
Amugoda, N
Amunugama, ARRAPWRRKB
Ananda, AGS
Ananda, RLS
Anandappa, AB
Anandappa, I
Angulugaha, KAPS
Angulugama, S

 

[The Passenger]

Originally posted by kretchy

Arya Kastriya Takurartiya Dawaditya Gadyawasam Lidamullage Asitha Suraj de Silva

http://www-aus.cricket.org/link_to_database/PLAYERS/SL/D/DE_SILVA_AKTDGLAS_08012237/

Suraj de Silva yet to play FC cricket

Wijeweera Gunaratne Mahawidana Muhandiramge Tharindu Deepal De Silva

http://www-aus.cricket.org/link_to_database/PLAYERS/SL/D/DESILVA_WGMMTD_08034586/

Deepeal de Silva yet to play FC cricket either

 

[the fly]

Everton Zvikonborero Matambanadzo
Patterson Ian Chesterfield Thompson
Gerhardus Frederick Johannes Liebenberg
Christopher Eric Wilfred Silverwood

 

[The Passenger]

we also have:

http://www-aus.cricket.org/link_to_database/PLAYERS/SL/E/ELLEPOLA_SBHMWBTB_08012376/

Siththa Brahakmana Herath Mudiyanselage Walawwe Buddika Thaminda Bandara Ellepola


http://www-aus.cricket.org/link_to_database/PLAYERS/SL/P/PERERA_MMDNRG_08008461/

Modara Muthugalage Don Nimesh Randika Gayan Perera


http://www-aus.cricket.org/link_to_database/PLAYERS/SL/R/RANAWEERA_RRWMSB_08012211/

Rajapakse Rajakaruna Wasala Mudiyanselage Sanjaya Bandra Ranaweera


http://www-aus.cricket.org/link_to_database/PLAYERS/SL/W/WELEGEDARA_UWMBCA_08044671/

Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara

 

[the fly]

As for Australians, the longest I could find who had played test cricket was:

Anthony Ian Christopher Dodemaide

 

[Minkus_Swan]

some of these names just roll off the tongue..

I though Vaas had a long name, damn!

 

[wang]

It would have been a long morning in the Sri Lankan schools reading out those names for the role.

 

[TheWackedYak]

VVS Laxman's real name is a phone book isn't it?

 

[Freo Big Fella]

Originally posted by TheWackedYak
VVS Laxman's real name is a phone book isn't it?

Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman

Not quite as bad as a couple mentioned on the first page.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Originally posted by kretchy
Amunugama Rajapakse Rajakaruna Abeykoon Panditha Wasalamudiyanse Ralahamilage Ranjith Krishantha Bandara Amunugama

Arya Kastriya Takurartiya Dawaditya Gadyawasam Lidamullage Asitha Suraj de Silva

Wijeweera Gunaratne Mahawidana Muhandiramge Tharindu Deepal De Silva

They aren't names, that's the Sri Lankan National Anthem

 

[Lensen]

In a similar vein, is Chaminda Vaas the only Test player to have more given names than letters in his surname?

 

[Becker]

Originally posted by L-Nizzy
In a similar vein, is Chaminda Vaas the only Test player to have more given names than letters in his surname?

I think it was meant to be Vassingeramawickreminsinha ... but they ran out of ink.

 

[the fly]

The Sri Lankan test cricketer with the shortest name is Luke Roy Dias.

the fly (whose name is longer than 36% of Sri Lankan test cricketers)

 

[Cupestar]

Tim May

6 letters