| HUSSAIN | Succeeded Alex Stewart as England Test cricket captain 1999 (7) |
| BENSTOKES | Cricketer who succeeded Joe Root as England Test cricket captain (3,6) |
| STEVEWAUGH | Australia's Test cricket captain, 1999-2004 |
| GATTING | Mike, former England Test cricket captain who made his Test debut in 1977 (7) |
| STRAUSS | Andrew ....... , England Test cricket captain who hit an innings of 110 in the 2010 1st Test against Australia (7) |
| HODGSON | Roy ____ succeeded Fabio Capello as England manager |
| CARSLEY | Lee, interim successor to Gareth Southgate as England football coach (7) |
| DENNESS | MH, England Test cricket captain 1974-75 (7) |
| COWDREY | Colin, former England Test cricket captain knighted in 1992 (7) |
| STEWART | Alec, former England Test cricket captain born in 1963 (7) |
| SPENCER | Historical fiction film starring Kristen Stewart as Lady Diana (7) |
| RESULTS | "It's a - - - business," said Stuart Lancaster when he was sacked as England coach in 2015 (7) |
| WAUGH | Australian cricket captain 1999-2004 (5,5) |
| STEVE | Australian cricket captain 1999-2004 (5,5) |
| ATHERTON | Michael, who succeeded Alec Stewart as England's Test cricket captain (8) |
| NASSER | ____ Hussain, English cricketer who succeeded Alec Stewart as Test captain in 1999 (6) |
| MA | Graham Gooch's successor as England cricket captain early 1990s, initials (2) |
| DAVIDGOWER | Left-handed batsman who played 117 Test matches and 114 One Day Internationals and had two spells as England captain |
| TOMHARTLEY | Cricketer who took seven second-innings wickets on his debut as England beat India in the first Test last month (3,7) |
| PLATT | As England captain, David brought authority to a race (5) |
