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longest and shortest names for a test cricketer

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skp

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Aug 31, 2011, 8:20:37 PM8/31/11
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Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanga Welegedara

...surely the longest...

...and praise be "cut and paste"...

How about shortest names? Any test cricketers with 5 or less letters
i.e. first and last names combined

skp

R Bharat Rao

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Sep 1, 2011, 1:27:23 AM9/1/11
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Ian Bell has 7 letters, though his middle name is "Roland" so that
doesn't work.

A trio of one Test wonders for India, Man Sood, Bal Dani, Ajit Pai
would be good candidates, except it is Man Mohan Sood, Ajit Manohar
Pai, and "Bal" is a nick name of sorts. Arun Lal is actually Jagadish
Arun Lal, so plenty of 7-letter wonders for 1st + last name, but no
"6"s.

Bharat

prabhu

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Sep 1, 2011, 1:32:40 AM9/1/11
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Cant recollect offhand for the men but for the women, Zoe Goss and Jo
Garey are the shortest I can think of.

Jo Angel is another short one.

Robbert ter Hart

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Sep 1, 2011, 2:52:51 AM9/1/11
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Op 01-09-11 02:20, skp schreef:

Rob Key.

Officially, it's Robert, but only his mum calls him that.

RtH

Andrew Dunford

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Sep 1, 2011, 6:45:34 AM9/1/11
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"skp" <vika...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Roy Luke Dias is short by Sri Lankan standards.

Andrew

jzfredricks

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Sep 1, 2011, 6:52:12 AM9/1/11
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On 1/09/2011 8:45 PM, Andrew Dunford wrote:
> Roy Luke Dias is short by Sri Lankan standards.

Don't tell me, he's under 5'?

fish womper

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Sep 1, 2011, 6:53:39 AM9/1/11
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"prabhu" <prab...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Actually it was Joe. Jo is the girl version.


Southpaw

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Sep 1, 2011, 2:26:54 PM9/1/11
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On Sep 1, 3:53 am, "fish womper" <x...@x.x> wrote:
> "prabhu" <prabra...@gmail.com> wrote in message

http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/3975.html.

-Samarth.

Lawrence Logic

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Sep 1, 2011, 3:12:22 PM9/1/11
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"fish womper" wrote in message
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>
> Actually it was Joe. Jo is the girl version.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/3975.html

--
Lawrence
"Let all my fans know I love 'em, but a gay fish just can't live in the
outside world forever" - Kanye West - 8 April 2009

Brian Lawrence

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Sep 1, 2011, 4:45:56 PM9/1/11
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I thought 3-letter surnames would be the shortest - a quick check
came up with:

Eng Fry, Gay, Lee, May, Old, Key & Ali
Aus Law, Lee (2), May
SAf Cox, Nel (2)
WI Ali (2), Rae
NZ Guy, Su'a, How
Ind Jai, Pai, Roy (3), Sen, Das

Tim May is another 6-letter name.


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