| POSTMANSKNOCK | Upright fellow with second innings in game (8,5) |
| EIGHTEEN | Number of innings in Game 3 of the 2025 World Series |
| FOLLOWON | Forced second innings in cricket |
| EVERTONWEEKES | West Indian batsman who in 1948/9 completed five centuries in successive innings in Tests (7,6) |
| SHUBMANGILL | Cricketer who scored 269, the highest Test score by an Indian captain, in the second Test against England at Edgbaston, which he followed with 161 in the second innings (7,4) |
| DOMINICCORK | All-rounder took the best figures for an England bowler on Test debut, with 7 for 43 in the second innings against the West Indies in 1995 |
| PUJARA | Which Indian batsman shared a 222-run stand with Virat Kohli in the 2013 Johannesburg Test, marking India's highest second-innings partnership in South Africa?(Last Name) (6) |
| NESER | Identify the surname of this Australian cricketer who replaced Nathan Lyon in the playing XI for the second Ashes Test at the Gabba and took 5 for 42 in the second innings. (5) |
| PIER | ... Upright fellow, by all accounts (4) |
| POSTMAN | One's deliverer is an upright fellow (7) |
| IRON | Just the club for an upright fellow (4) |
| ERECTED | Built by an upright fellow (7) |
| STUBBS | Who top-scored for South Africa in their second innings of the first Test versus Sri Lanka in Durban? (6) |
| BOSCH | Identify the surname of this South African fast bowler who took five wickets in the second innings of the first Test versus Zimbabwe in Bulawayo? (5) |
| TANVIR | Leading wicket taker in the Royals' 2008 title run. He took 6-14 in an innings in 2008, a record for best innings bowling in the IPL which stood until 2019. |
| RACHIN | What is the surname of the top-scorer for New Zealand in its only innings in the second Test versus Zimbabwe in Bulawayo in August 2025? (6) |
| IMRAN | Pakistan opener who made 131 in the 2nd innings of the 2nd Test against West Indies in Bridgetown in 2000 (5) |
| NAZIR | Pakistan opener who made 131 in the 2nd innings of the 2nd Test against West Indies in Bridgetown in 2000 (5) |
| VIHARI | One of India's second-innings heroes in Sydney. (6) |
| NEIL | Upright fellow |
