| ALLAN | --- Border, former cricket captain (5) |
| ARUN | "Make ___ for the border" (former Taco Bell slogan): 2 wds. |
| IMRAN | Pakistan politician and former cricket captain, ... Khan |
| TONYGREIG | Former cricket captain with terribly trying ego (4,5) |
| COOK | Former cricket captain for England, Alastair _ (4) |
| POINTINGOUT | Drawing attention to former cricket captain and I being dismissed (8,3) |
| NASSER | ___ Hussain, England former cricket captain born in the Indian city of Chennai in 1968 (6) |
| KUMBLE | Anil _, Indian former cricket captain who took more than 600 Test wickets in his career (6) |
| VVS | ___ Laxman, former Indian international cricketer and a former cricket commentator and pundit |
| ARLOTT | Former cricket commentator's skill describing everything (6) |
| BACKPACKER | Walker perhaps, to give support to former cricket sponsor? |
| BIRD | Harold "Dickie" ___, former cricket umpire |
| RICHARD | Sir ... Hadlee, former cricket legend (7) |
| JOHNARLOTT | Former cricket journalist and commentator whose 1992 autobiography was Basingstoke Boy |
| BLOFELD | Name shared by Henry, the former cricket commentator, and a James Bond supervillain (7) |
| MISBAH | Former cricket skipper who now gets to not only choose his team but also coach it. (6) |
| GOWER | Former England cricket captain who was one of the team captains on the BBC quiz They Think it's All Over from 1995 to 2003 (5,5) |
| DAVID | Former England cricket captain who was one of the team captains on the BBC quiz They Think it's All Over from 1995 to 2003 (5,5) |
| WAUGH | Australian cricket captain 1999-2004 (5,5) |
| STEVE | Australian cricket captain 1999-2004 (5,5) |
