| PROTEAS | National cricket team of South Africa (with The) |
| POLICEXI | Pixie and col devastated this cricket team of cops (6,2) |
| SHEFFIELDEAGLES | Professional rugby team of South Yorkshire |
| ZAGREB | Capital of South Africa with tailless bird (6) |
| NATAL | Part of South Africa with two names |
| ASHES | Trophy contested by the cricket teams of England and Australia since 1882 (5) |
| EFTS | I left South Africa with the little ones (4) |
| SAIL | Put to sea to South Africa with the Italian (4) |
| OREILLY | Legendary Ireland wing who was a teenager when he toured South Africa with the 1955 Lions (7) |
| FAF | ___ du Plessis, South African professional cricketer and former captain of the South Africa national cricket team |
| PROTEA | Genus of flower from which the South Africa national cricket team derive their nickname (6) |
| VIRAT | Indian cricketer who is the former captain of the Indian national cricket team, _ Kohli (5) |
| MALIK | Shoaib ---, former captain of the Pakistani national cricket team (5) |
| WARNE | Shane -; former captain of the Australia national cricket team (5) |
| VIRATKOHLI | Current captain of the Indian national cricket team (5,5) |
| KATHRYN | _ Bryce, captain of the Scotland women's national cricket team (7) |
| AFGHAN | Asghar ... has been removed as captain of the national cricket team. (6) |
| ARTHUR | Mickey ...... , 2005-10 South Africa national cricket team coach (6) |
| WATSON | Doug _, the head coach of Scotland's national cricket team (6) |
| ROHITSHARMA | Current captain of the India national cricket team (5,6) |
