| JAVED | Former cricketer and coach Miandad |
| SILVERWOOD | Chris _, former England cricketer and coach, currently head coach of the Sri Lanka men's national team (10) |
| SHASTRI | Ravi __, Indian test cricketer and coach (7) |
| LILLEE | Australian fast bowler who had a famous scuffle with Javed Miandad (6) |
| MUDASSARNAZAR | Pakistan opener in a 451-run Test partnership with Javed Miandad (8,5) |
| AAKASH | Former cricketer and commentator Chopra |
| SWANN | Graeme ___, English former cricketer and Strictly contestant (5) |
| KHAN | Imran ---, former cricketer and current Prime Minister of Pakistan (4) |
| IMRAN | First name of the former cricketer and Pakistan's current prime minister (5) |
| SANGAKKARA | Former cricketer and batting great who is Director of Cricket for the Royals in 2021 |
| NAILSEA | North Somerset town in which former cricketer and umpire Mervyn Kitchen was born |
| IANBOTHAM | Former cricketer and current member of the House of Lords |
| VVS | ___ Laxman, former Indian international cricketer and a former cricket commentator and pundit |
| RAHUL | ___ Dravid, former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian national team, currently serving as its head coach |
| HILDITCH | Andrew ____, former Australian cricketer and national team selector |
| ANDREWSTRAUSS | Former test cricketer and captain, knighted in 2019 |
| AJIT | ____ Agarkar, a former Indian cricketer and a commentator |
| DILIP | ____ Vengsarkar, former Indian cricketer and a cricket administrator |
| RIC | Kookaburras coach, WA cricketer and MP, ... Charlesworth (3) |
| STRAUSS | Retired cricketer and former England captain, Andrew _ (7) |
