| WICKETGATE | Opener, say, in cricketing scandal? (6,4) |
| SMITTEN | Severely afflicted man in cricketing area bowled over |
| TON | Century in cricketing parlance |
| OVERWHELMS | Becomes too much for captain after wicket in cricketing stints (10) |
| SLITS | Uses a letter opener, say |
| LEGBREAK | Cricket ball split by Lancashire opener, say |
| EPISODE | Season opener, say |
| PARTI | Miniseries opener, say (2 wds.) |
| BUTTERNUT | Bottle opener, say, required by enthusiast for some kind of squash |
| STOKES | Ben, cricketing all-rounder born in Christchurch in New Zealand in 1991 (6) |
| INNINGS | Cricketing period in pub in Gilbert and Sullivan (7) |
| KARIM | Identify this former Indian wicket-keeper whose cricketing career was cut short by an eye injury suffered while keeping in an ODI versus Bangladesh in 2000? (5) |
| ONSTAGE | Coach attached to cricketing side in play (2,5) |
| CATCHOUT | Two cricketing terms to detect in error |
| SORTINGOFFICE | Pressure-free cricketing position, say, that ensures accurate deliveries? |
| FIELDER | Cricketing slip, say? (7) |
| DISC | Openers in dreamland, incredibly, securing cricketing record |
| DULEEP | Cricketing trophy in India (6) |
| STOODASIDE | Cricketing pair in standard firstclass team withdrew (5,5) |
| ANTIC | Against cricketing opener's caper (5) |
