| BRIDEGROOM | Sweeper about to control start of game will be man of the match |
| GROOM | Prepare one to be man of the match (5) |
| AIRON | "It will ___ ___ Saturday afternoon." (When the game will be broadcast) |
| MARCHMADNESS | Athletic extravaganza whose next tournament's final game will be played on...well, April 4 |
| REININ | Control start of 17 down as expressed within |
| TAPS | Spat that's about to control the flow? (4) |
| BURUNDI | American ally about to control one African country |
| BACHELOR | One who has not yet been man of the match |
| BIRMINGHAM | The 2022 Commonwealth Games will be held here. (10) |
| JAYASURIYA | Sri Lankan hard-hitting batsman who was Man of the Match in their total of 260, still the highest team total at the T20 World Cup |
| GARETHBALE | Welsh footballer who was Man of the Match in the 2018 Champions League final |
| STRONGROOM | Boy grabs right back, man of the match in well-defended area |
| MARTYMOORE | Former Ireland prop who was Man of the Match in Ulster's win at Munster last October (5,5) |
| HANGZHOU | The Asian Games will be held here this September. (8) |
| RAZA | Who won the man of the match in the first T20I match of the series held recently between Zimbabwe and India? (4) |
| FLUSH | A rapid flight, spring up or start of game birds; a suffusion of crimson colour in the cheeks; a sudden flow of water; a fresh growth of foliage, flowers or fruit; or, a feeling of excitement (5) |
| BENTON | Determined to be man ahead of the fashion |
| ADAM | From a damned end somehow omitted, who might be man enough to start it? (4) |
| MVP | What is the American equivalent of a Man of the Match or Player of the Season award? (1,1,1) |
| IOC | Its 2014 games will be held in Sochi, Rus. |
