| CUMMINS | Pat, fast bowler appointed captain of Australia's Test cricket side in 2021 (7) |
| STEVEWAUGH | Australia's Test cricket captain, 1999-2004 |
| ROONEY | Captain of Australia's 2006 Commonwealth Games swimming team, Giaan ... |
| PETERWILLEY | Former England Test bowler appointed to the International Panel of Umpires in 1996 (5,6) |
| BENAUD | Richie ___, Australia's Test captain from 1958 to 1964 who later became a commentator |
| BAYLISS | Trevor, Australian who coached the England Test cricket side 2015-2019 (7) |
| TONIGHT | Cricket side in tense time late in the day |
| TONALLY | Cricket side in match with a certain pitch (7) |
| ALLEGED | Declared, like a cricket side in the lead, perhaps (7) |
| COLLEGE | Old king keeping a cricket side in school (7) |
| ELEGANT | Stylish cricket side in a net, possibly (7) |
| MARATHA | Indian ace needed for cricket side in the long run |
| DACTYLS | Cricket sides in one period left with initially sore feet (7) |
| ONPAPER | Guardian maybe supporting cricket side in theory |
| AZHARALI | Batsman appointed captain of the Pakistan Test team in October 2019 |
| ADVANCE | Name the first word of the name of Australia's national anthem (7) |
| RAELENE | One of Australia's most popular athletes, ... Boyle was born in Melbourne in 1951 |
| CANE | Sam, flanker who was appointed captain of the All Blacks in 2020 (4) |
| GEORGE | Jamie, hooker appointed captain of the England rugby union team in 2024 (6) |
| ROSTONCHASE | Barbadian cricketer who has been appointed captain of the West Indies Test team (6,5) |
