| CECIL | Boy's name - "El ICC" anagram ? (5) |
| ONYX | Gemstone whose Arabic name, "el jaza", means "sadness", reflecting its typically black sombre colour (4) |
| SAMMY | West Indies 2012 and 2016 ICC World T20 Final-winning captain (5,5) |
| DAREN | West Indies 2012 and 2016 ICC World T20 Final-winning captain (5,5) |
| KOHLI | India batsman; 2017 and 2018 ICC Cricketer of the Year (5,5) |
| VIRAT | India batsman; 2017 and 2018 ICC Cricketer of the Year (5,5) |
| COWIE | Identify this Kiwi, who stood as ICC Umpire in 22 Tests and 71 ODIS before retiring in 2005. He also worked for ICC as the manager for Umpires and Referees till 2008 (5) |
| EVENLY | Waugh's name elevated in uniform fashion (6) |
| CALLEDTOMIND | Name elevated poem about time with care remembered (6,2,4) |
| STEYN | 2008 ICC Test Cricketer of the Year, Dale ... (5) |
| STEAD | New Zealand 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup coach (4,5) |
| NEPAL | 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup nation (5) |
| CONIC | ___ Hill, by West Highland Way - no, ICC strangely (5) |
| NGIDI | South Africa ICC World Test Championship 2025 Final winner (5) |
| LUNGI | South Africa ICC World Test Championship 2025 Final winner (5) |
| BABAR | 2022 ICC Cricketer of the Year, ... Azam (5) |
| IMRAN | 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup-winning captain (5,4) |
| STARC | Mitchell ___, 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Player of the Tournament (5) |
| KENYA | 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup team captained by Jimmy Kamande (5) |
| INDIA | 2025 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup winners (5) |
