| WARNE | Former cricketer, Shane ----- (5) |
| LEGSPIN | Bowling technique of legendary cricketer Shane Warne. (7) |
| IMRAN | Former cricketer, now President of Pakistan, _ Khan (5) |
| AKRAM | Wasim ___, Pakistani former cricketer (5) |
| HOBBS | Former cricketer, one who philosophised on the radio (5) |
| SHANE | Former cricketer, ... Warne |
| SUNIL | ___ Gavaskar, Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer |
| JAVED | Former cricketer and coach Miandad |
| KAPIL | Former cricketer Dev |
| LLOYD | Sir Clive ____, a Guyanese-British former cricketer who played for the West Indies cricket team |
| AGNEW | Former cricketer who stepped down as BBC chief cricket correspondent in 2024 |
| WAUGH | Surname of twin Australian former cricketers Mark and Steve (5) |
| IMRANKHAN | Former cricketer, Prime Minister of Pakistan (5,4) |
| WVRAMAN | The former cricketer who has penned 'The Winning Sixer.' (1,1,5) |
| MONTYOANESAR | Former cricketer who had to pull out of Dancing On Ice in 2017 (5,7) |
| BOYCOTT | Have nothing to do with former cricketer (7) |
| IANBOTHAM | Former cricketer nicknamed Beefy (3,6) |
| ADAM | Aussie former cricketer, ... Gilchrist |
| IAN | --- Botham, former cricketer (3) |
| LEN | Former cricketer, ... Hutton (3) |
