| GOOCH | Graham ___, English cricketer (5) |
| MALAN | Dawid ___, English cricketer |
| SWIFT | Graham ___, English author of novels including the Booker Prize-winning Last Orders (1996) (5) |
| GATTING | Mike _; English cricketer (7) |
| BOYCOTT | Geoffrey _; English cricketer (7) |
| TRUEMAN | Fred _; English cricketer and fast bowler (7) |
| STOKES | Ben _; English cricketer (6) |
| ALI | Moeen ___, English cricketer (3) |
| CRAWLEY | Zak _, English cricketer who recently made his maiden Test century against Pakistan (7) |
| CURRAN | Sam _, English cricketer who plays for England and Surrey (6) |
| WISDEN | John _, English cricketer who launched his Cricketers' Almanack in 1864 (6) |
| STEWART | Alec ___, English cricketer born in 1963 nicknamed 'The Gaffer' (7) |
| BETHELL | Jacob ___, English cricketer who scored his maiden century in the fifth Test of the 2025-2026 Ashes (7) |
| UDAL | Shaun ___, English cricketer who played for Hampshire and Middlesex (4) |
| GUCCI | Fashion house received English cricketer informally (5) |
| REEVE | Dermot, Hong Kong-born English cricketer (5) |
| ROUTE | English cricketer cited in course (5) |
| MOEEN | Ali the English cricketer. (5) |
| CROWE | ... bird meeting another English cricketer (6,5) |
| GRACE | W.G., English cricketer who died in 1915 (5) |
