| WELLBEHIND | 50 by Bangladesh opener in New Delhi; bats in a desperate situation! |
| RACEAGAINSTTIME | Sporting event that may be won by the enemy in a desperate situation |
| BACKTOTHEWALL | Wrongly attack who'll be in a desperate situation (4,2,3,4) |
| DOORDIE | Options-in-a-desperate-situation |
| ADMIRE | Respect maiden in a desperate situation |
| GALLOWS | ____ humour, grim amusement in a desperate situation (7) |
| TAMIMIQBAL | Bangladesh opener who made 206 against Pakistan in Khulna in 2015; 2019 Cricket World Cup squad member |
| HAITIAN | West Indian bats in a hat, pinching a single |
| LIKELY | Former president getting in 50-50, by close of play perhaps 60-40? (6) |
| CRISIS | Credit is doubled - a desperate situation |
| ANABAPTIST | Religious type paints a bat in a new way (10) |
| CUT | In cricket, a stroke made with the bat in a roughly horizontal position (3) |
| IQBAL | Bangladesh opener who made 206 against Pakistan in Khulna in 2015; 2019 Cricket World Cup squad member (5,5) |
| LATIF | Bangladesh opener who made 206 against Pakistan in Khulna in 2015; 2019 Cricket World Cup squad member (5,5) |
| TAMIM | & 24A Bangladesh opener who made 206 against Pakistan in Khulna in 2015; his country's ODI captain from 2020-23 (5,5) |
| CASTLEHOWARD | A lord watches bats in a stately home |
| ABSTAIN | Bats in a building - don't touch them (7) |
| PROFANITY | Sacrilege for kinsfolk to replace male, 50, by new model (9) |
| LEARNS | Gains knowledge when 50 by going to sea in the RN (6) |
| ENTERAL | Go in with one approaching 50 by way of the canal! (7) |
