| RAYILLINGWORTH | Former English cricketer, commentator and administrator who took 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in first class cricket |
| ROUS | Stanley .... , 1961-74 FIFA President; previously a referee and administrator who rewrote the Laws of the Game (4) |
| ALLANLAMB | South African-born former English cricketer whose nicknames include Legga (5,4) |
| BOYCOTT | Shun former English cricketer (7) |
| IAN | Sir ___ Botham, former English cricketer (3) |
| RICHARDHADLEE | New Zealand cricketer who took 431 wickets and scored 3124 runs in his Test career (7,6) |
| RICHIEBENAUD | First Test cricketer to reach 200 wickets and 2000 runs |
| KAPILDEV | Indian cricketer, the only player to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored 5000 runs in Tests (5,3) |
| LORDS | Gus Atkinson made his Test debut for England, took 12 wickets and won the player of the match award as well at this ground. (5) |
| MARNUS | Who was the player to score a half-century, take three wickets and hold on to four catches in an ODI in the recently held series between England and Australia? (6) |
| ANRICH | South African pacer who made his IPL debut with Delhi Capitals in 2020, taking 22 wickets and helping the team reach their first-ever final.(First Name) (6) |
| BENAUD | In 1963, Richie ____ became the first player to reach 200 wickets and 2,000 runs in Test cricket |
| VVS | ___ Laxman, former Indian international cricketer and a former cricket commentator and pundit |
| PEPYS | Samuel ___, British diarist and naval administrator who died in 1703 (5) |
| SAMUELPEPYS | British diarist and naval administrator who died in 1703 (6,5) |
| WEBMASTER | You and I join British teacher and administrator (9) |
| ULM | Which Australian pioneer aviator and administrator accompanied his good friend Charles Kingsford-Smi |
| MARKOLIPHANT | Australian physicist and administrator; governor of SA 1971-76 (4,8) |
| AYATOLLAH | A leader of the Shiite sect of the Muslim religion, serving as teacher, judge, and administrator (9) |
| CLIVE | Which British soldier and administrator established British supremacy in India? (5) |
