| FIELDER | Cricket: a player in the field (7) |
| TWELFTHMAN | In cricket, a player selected to play if required as a substitute fielder (7,3) |
| OUTFIELDER | In cricket, a player whose position is distant from the bowler or wicket-keeper (10) |
| COVERS | Puts something over players in the field (6) |
| NINE | * Number of players in the field |
| BACKSWING | In golf, tennis and cricket, a player's movement prior to the point of contact with the ball |
| FORWARD | A player in the front line could be officious (7) |
| ALMANAC | Register a player in the French clubs |
| TANIA | Identify this chess presenter and commentator, who also took part as a player in the Indian women's team that won the gold in the 45th Chess Olympiad? (5) |
| LIONESS | Nickname for a player in England women's national football team (7) |
| CENTRE | A player in netball allowed to move all over the court except the goal circles; a focal point; the filling in a chocolate; or, the ring around the bull's-eye in archery (6) |
| BOUNCER | In cricket, a ball bowled fast as to rise high (7) |
| FLIPPER | In cricket, a ball bowled with topspin imparted by a bowler's wrist action |
| SMITTEN | Cricket: a ball that is bowled with a spinning motion (6) |
| LONGHOP | In cricket, a short pitched ball delivered inadvertently (4,3) |
| INNINGS | (At cricket) a turn to bat (7) |
| DECLARE | In cricket a captain will do this to close an innings if he thinks his team has made enough runs |
| BOWL | A biased orb rolled on a crown green; a cheese for skittles; a deep dish; a drinking cup; a lob in cricket; a natural basin; or, a Scots word for a marble (4) |
| BREAK | In snooker, the total points score achieved by a player in a single visit to the table (5) |
| SEED | A player in a sport tournament given a specific place in the draw (4) |
