| LANKA | Chaminda Vaas scored a hat-trick on the first three balls of a World Cup match between Bangladesh an |
| KHAN | King ending in Bangladesh, an Asian ruler (4) |
| AFRIDI | Who won the Player of the Match award in the Women's T20 World Cup match between India and New Zealand? (6) |
| SWING | The compass or sweep of a golf club, pendulum, trapeze or of one of the balls of a Newton's cradle (5) |
| NUWAN | First man, in 1999, to take a hat-trick off his first three balls in a Test, for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe in Harare (5) |
| ZOYSA | First man, in 1999, to take a hat-trick off his first three balls in a Test, for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe in Harare (5) |
| OVERARM | Prepare for war after six balls of a normal bowler's action (7) |
| ISLAM | Identify the surname of this bowler who became the first-ever to take a hat-trick on ODI debut in 2014. (5) |
| ASHWIN | After South African Bert Vogler in 1907, the first spinner to take a wicket off the first ball of a Test innings. (6) |
| IMRAN | South Africa ODI player who in 2019 became the country's oldest cricketer to play in a World Cup match (5,5) |
| TAHIR | South Africa ODI player who in 2019 became the country's oldest cricketer to play in a World Cup match (5,5) |
| MUSTAFIZUR | Identify the first name of this medium pacer who took five wickets in the third ODI between Bangladesh and New Zealand in Chattogram on April 23, 2026. (10) |
| SAVEA | Julian ___, rugby union wing who scored a hat-trick on his 2012 New Zealand Test debut against Irela |
| RABADA | South Africa cricketer who took 8-16, including a hat-trick, on his 2015 001 debut against Bangladesh in Mirpur (6) |
| KAGISO | South Africa cricketer who took 8-16, including a hat-trick, on his 2015 001 debut against Bangladesh in Mirpur (6) |
| WRIGHT | Mark, reality TV personality and footballer who appeared on the first three series of The Only Way Is Essex (6) |
| AARON | Brother of Moses who stretched out his rod in order to bring on the first three plagues, in the Old Testament |
| STRIKE | Act of knocking down all the pins with the first ball of a frame in ten-pin bowling (6) |
| TAIJUL | Who had the best bowling figures in an innings in the two-test series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe held in April 2025? (6) |
| MUAMBA | Fabrice ___, Congolese-born former footballer who suffered a cardiac arrest during an FA Cup match between Tottenham Hotspur Bolton and Bolton Wanderers |
