| SACREDCOW | Scored runs, securing a century before wicket -it's above criticism (6,3) |
| VICTOR | Six runs, securing century to make winning player |
| TWENTIETH | Century before the current one (9) |
| ACCOUNT | Make a written report a century before nobleman (7) |
| ONCE | At some past time, about a century before the last (4) |
| CRACKUP | Score a century before the collapse (7) |
| LEADSTORY | It's above the fold |
| ABE | Prez a century before Jack |
| ABELTASMAN | Captain of the first European ship to reach New Zealand, more than a century before James Cook (4,6) |
| DUCKWORTHLEWIS | Without a run rate, almost leg before wicket, is possible match decider (9-5) |
| OSLO | Winter Olympics host a half-century before Salt Lake City |
| OFFALY | In cricket side, get a half-century before close of play for county (6) |
| ROSSINI | He scored runs batting, eclipsed by Australian mostly |
| RAVEL | He scored runs, with Australian at cover dropping one (5) |
| ORFF | German who scored runs in cricket side |
| TIE | Weary, having scored runs in match (3) |
| TIN | Opener from the batting side scored runs (3) |
| ELONGATE | Stretch in which England's opener gets fifty, finishing leg before wicket? |
| GAME | Leg before wicket at penultimate match (4) |
| BYLAWS | Rules with leg before wicket, say, under review (2-4) |
