| BACKWOODSMAN | Rarely seen Lord's player bowls Notts opener a maiden over |
| NAILED | Notts opener wasn't well caught (6) |
| PITCHER | Baseball player - bowl (7) |
| OVERCAST | After six balls at Lord's players become gloomy (8) |
| MEDIAN | The central point of a maiden over |
| SNAILMAIL | Slow delivery, in all, is failing to secure a maiden over |
| AMORETTI | A maiden over the top, about to be hugged - I must go after chubby boys (8) |
| SABOT | Included among possessions - a bottle-opener, a wooden shoe |
| MATZO | Australia cheers maiden over a€“ it's a cracker! (5) |
| TREVOR | Forename of the inventor of the clockwork radio, an embroidery frame, foot-operated scissors, a onehanded bottle-opener, a wind-up torch and many other devices (6) |
| BUCKSAW | County dread losing English opener, a great cutter (7) |
| CAN | ___ opener : a tin cutter, if you wish? (3) |
| VICTOR | Bouncer dismissing England opener's a winner (6) |
| OHMYGOD | Spins good maiden over - what a surprise! (2,2,3) |
| TOTEM | Carry maiden over as a sign of respect (5) |
| MOIST | Maiden over, initially, is time to play on a damp surface (5) |
| PALATE | Two friends, one rejecting maiden over a sense of taste |
| MISNAMED | Maiden! Tight maiden over - spinner's first; handled badly? (8) |
| ERST | "While" opener, a while back |
| TROUNCE | Soundly defeat Trinidad's openers a little bit (7) |
