| YORKER | In cricket, a ball bowled so as to pitch at the batsman's feet (6) |
| TWENTYTWO | Number of players on the pitch at the start of a football match (6-3) |
| FAUCI | Health official throwing out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals' opening day |
| DOGSTAR | Rovers, say, to pitch at Sirius (7) |
| TENT | Something to pitch at camp |
| LOBBED | Cricket: a ball bowled in a slow high arc (6) |
| LEGBYE | In cricket, a run scored after the ball has touched a part of the batsman's body other than the hand without touching the bat (3,3) |
| THIRTY | All the players on the pitch at Twickenham eager to waste seconds (6) |
| DOOSRA | A ball bowled by an off-spinner that moves in the opposite direction from an off-break (6) |
| BOUNCER | In cricket, a ball bowled fast as to rise high (7) |
| LOB | In cricket, a ball bowled in a slow high arc (3) |
| SLEDGE | Glamorgan's opener, playing in Leeds, prepared to upset the batsman's concentration (6) |
| FLIPPER | In cricket, a ball bowled with topspin imparted by a bowler's wrist action |
| OFFBREAK | In cricket, a ball bowled to deviate inwards (3-5) |
| DAISYCUTTER | In cricket, a ball that skims along the surface of the ground when bowled (5,6) |
| OUTCRY | Clamour on the batsman's dismissal? (6) |
| YORKERS | Cricket deliveries, also called sandshoe or toe crushers, that land perilously near the batsman's feet |
| OFF | In cricket, a ball that spins from off to leg on pitching (3,5) |
| BREAK | In cricket, a ball that spins from off to leg on pitching (3,5) |
| TICE | A ball bowled in cricket so that it pitches immediately under the bat |
