| WICKETKEEPER | Cricketer behind the batsman (12) |
| WICKETKEEPERS | Cricketers behind the stumps (6-7) |
| SLIP | Cricket fielding position behind the batsman on the off side of the field (4) |
| FINELEG | Fielding position behind the batsman (4,3) |
| LEGSLIP | Fielding position behind the batsman (3,4) |
| OUTPLAY | What the bowler did to dismiss the batsman or what the batsman did to be dismissed (7) |
| CRICKETSTUMPS | The three vertical rods which support the bails - a bowler's aim is to defeat the batsman and send t |
| OFFCUTTER | Type of delivery bowled in cricket in which the ball, after hitting the pitch, moves into the batsman |
| LOFTED | "A ___ shot" means the batsman has hit the ball into the air. (6) |
| INFORM | The batsman is ___ ___: the batsman is in good nick? (2,4) |
| CREASE | In cricket, any of the three whitewash lines (bowling, return and popping) that regulate the positions of the batsman and bowler (6) |
| INSWING | Movement through the air towards the batsman (7) |
| SIXER | The maximum for the batsman (5) |
| NOTOUT | Decision bringing relief to the batsman and frustration to the bowler (3,3) |
| OPENER | Kind of question that's posed at the beginning of a seminar session, or the batsman who's up first |
| BYE | Extra run scored in cricket without the ball being hit by the batsman |
| SQUARELEG | In cricket, a fielding position on the on side approximately at right angles to the batsman (6,3) |
| INCREASE | Get boost from facing the batting where the batsman stands (8) |
| HOWSTHAT | Appeal in cricket from the fielding site to give the batsman out (4,4) |
| RUN | Intimidating the batsman isn't the cause of it! (3) |
