| TENDULKAR | Sachin ......... , 1989-2013 India Test cricketer; first Yorkshire overseas player (9) |
| SACHIN | 1989-2013 India Test cricketer; first Yorkshire CCC overseas player (6) |
| SEHWAG | Virender ___, 2001-2013 India Test opening batter (6) |
| KOHL | Herb __ (Wisconsin senator 1989-2013) |
| SHATTERED | Exhausted cricketer, first dismissed, entering crude pavilion? (9) |
| MITCHELLMARSH | Who became the first overseas player to score a century in IPL 2025? (8,5) |
| HADLEE | Richard ...... , 1973-90 New Zealand cricketer; first to 400 Test wickets (6) |
| OPENER | Key cricketer, first to face the bowling (6) |
| BATH | Cricketer first for honours in Somerset city |
| IMRAN | Ex-cricketer (first name) who became Prime Minister of Pakistan (5) |
| NOCTILIO | Cricketer's first in to oil dilapidated bat |
| PARTHIV | Youngest Test debutants for India: 1. Sachin, 2. Piyush, 3. Sivaramakrishnan, 4. ? (7) |
| ERIC | And 13 Former Manchester United and France international footballer who was voted Premier League Overseas Player of the Decade in 2003 (4,7) |
| CANTONA | Former Manchester United and France international footballer who was voted Premier League Overseas Player of the Decade in 2003 (4,7) |
| GAVASKAR | Former India captain who criticized overseas players for interfering in Indian cricket selection matters.(last name) (8) |
| PACEBOWLER | Cricketer, first to purchase excellent hat |
| MOEEN | English cricketer (First name) |
| CENTURY | Cricketer's first for all to see among list of competitors to get big score? (7) |
| SAFARI | Turns up, one managed endless overseas players and headed scouting expedition to see The Lions and The Jaguars (6) |
| INDIAN | Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's nationality (6) |
