| ATHERTON | Succeeded Graham Gooch as England cricket captain 1993 (8) |
| MA | Graham Gooch's successor as England cricket captain early 1990s, initials (2) |
| HUSSAIN | Succeeded Alex Stewart as England cricket captain 1999 (7) |
| LEWIS | Succeeded Graham Lowe as Maroons Origin coach 1993 (5) |
| PIENAAR | Francois ___ , Springbok captain 1993 - 1996(7) |
| HOBBS | Canterbury All Black flanker succeeded Graham Mourie in open-side role early 1980s (5) |
| BREARLEY | Mike ........ , successor to Tony Greig as England Test cricket captain (8) |
| CHOOSING | Gooch terrible wrong in settling on ... (8) |
| MICHAELATHERTON | England captain after Graham Gooch (7,8) |
| ESSEX | Birth county of former England cricketers Graham Gooch and Nasser Hussain? (5) |
| CRICKETER | Graham Gooch or Max Sorensen, say |
| ALASTAIR | Sir -- Cook, former England cricket captain (8) |
| FLINTOFF | Andrew "Freddie" - - -, A League Of Their Own panellist and former England cricket captain, pictured below (8) |
| BENSTOKES | Cricketer who succeeded Joe Root as England Test cricket captain (3,6) |
| PLATT | As England captain, David brought authority to a race (5) |
| ROOTED | Firmly established as England captain? (6) |
| HODGSON | Roy ____ succeeded Fabio Capello as England manager |
| GRAHAM | ___ Gooch, former England cricketer (6) |
| DAVIDGOWER | Left-handed batsman who played 117 Test matches and 114 One Day Internationals and had two spells as England captain |
| NATION | From "to be born", a country, such as England, derisively described by Adam Smith and Napoleon as being largely composed of shopkeepers (6) |
