| SLOGGER | T20 batsman and his snack lunch? (7) |
| RILEE | Ex-Proteas ODI and T20 batsman, ... Rossouw (5) |
| HITANDRUN | Advice to slow T20 batsman may be criminally irresponsible |
| HASSETT | Geelong-born batsman, and deputy to Bradman, within the so-called Invincibles of 1948 (7) |
| BUTTLER | Hard-hitting batsman and wicketkeeper who is the Royals' vice-captain in the 2021 IPL |
| JOHNINVERARITY | '60s and '70s WA and Test batsman and 2011-14 Australian chair of selectors (4,10) |
| LARA | Champion West Indies batsman and on-and-off team captain, Brian ... |
| ENGLAND | Country that won the ICC T20 World Cup in 2010 and 2022, and the ODI World Cup in 2019. (7) |
| SEIFERT | Black Caps ODI/T20 keeper/batsman emerged 2018 (7) |
| CRICKETSTUMPS | The three vertical rods which support the bails - a bowler's aim is to defeat the batsman and send these flying in a Test (7,6) |
| CREASE | In cricket, any of the three whitewash lines (bowling, return and popping) that regulate the positions of the batsman and bowler (6) |
| CLYDEWALCOTT | West Indies batsman and wicketkeeper who played in 44 tests from 1948-60 (5,7) |
| DRAVID | Rahul ......, retired Indian Test batsman and captain (6) |
| CHRISGAYLE | West Indian batsman and former captain (5,5) |
| SHEPPARD | England Test batsman and Bishop of Liverpool, David ... (8) |
| RADLEY | England batsman and a 1979 Wisden Cricketer of the Year, Clive ... (6) |
| OLLIEPOPE | England batsman and occasional wicketkeeper from 2018 (5,4) |
| HUSSEY | Former batsman and current batting coach of the CSK |
| FAF | Current opening batsman and star fielder du Plessis |
| THORPE | Ex-England cricket batsman and coach, Graham _ (6) |
