the currently out of favor Australian Pace Bowler Jason Gillespie was nicknamed Dizzy.
While he was was playing for a second level South Australian team one of his teammates called him Dizzy Gillespie and the name stuck.
The name stems from John Birks `Dizzy' Gillespie, one of the greatest Jazz trumpeters of 20th century and one of the prime architects of the bebop movement in jazz, was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. He earned the nickname 'Dizzy' for his comical stage antics and the cricketer Jason Gillespie was also known for his antics on the field.
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