| BAIRSTOW | Jonny, Yorkshire right-handed batsman who scored England's second fastest Test fifty on record (8) |
| BEN | Who scored the fastest Test fifty for England in the first Test against the West Indies? (3) |
| IANBELL | Warwickshire right-handed batsman who last played for England in 2015 (3,4) |
| PETER | ____ May, right-handed batsman who played for Surrey and England (5) |
| DAVIDGOWER | Left-handed batsman who played 117 Test matches and 114 One Day Internationals and had two spells as England captain |
| POTTER | Beth British runner who recently ran the second-fastest road 5km ever by a female athlete (6) |
| RUNNERSUP | Were they only second fastest to incur debts? (7,2) |
| EXAMPLE | Test 50 per cent of people as a warning |
| CHINAMAN | A ball delivered by a left-hand bowler to a right-handed batsman that spins from off to leg (8) |
| GAVASKAR | Sunil, Indian batsman who scored 10,122 Test runs from 1971-87 (8) |
| MITCHELL | Daryl, New Zealand batsman who scored the most runs against England in the 2022 Test Series (8) |
| LIMITING | Restrictive fifty on current motorway can start to gall (8) |
| BULLSEYE | Caught by short projectile, sure to capsize with fifty on board |
| DUELLIST | Fighter expected to join fifty on register |
| CAROUSEL | Make merry getting fifty on merry-go-round |
| JETBLACK | Very dark when plane returned, fifty on board (3-5) |
| LIVINGSTONE | Right handed batsman signed on in 2021, who left the IPL due to bio-bubble fatigue |
| POPE | Ollie, English right-handed batsman for Surrey who made his full Test debut in 2018 (4) |
| JESSOP | Gilbert ___, cricketer who holds the record for the fastest Test century by an English player (6) |
| PRIOR | Matt, England former wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman nicknamed Big Cheese (5) |
