| KOHLI | Virat, Indian cricketer who has captained his country's Test side since 2014 (5) |
| CUMMINS | Pat, Australian fast bowler appointed his country's Test cricket captain in 2021 (7) |
| WALSH | Courtney _, West Indian cricketer who took 519 wickets in 132 Test matches (5) |
| VIRAT | Indian cricketer who is the former captain of the Indian national cricket team, _ Kohli (5) |
| NURSE | Seymour, West Indian cricketer who played in 29 Tests 1960-69 (5) |
| INDIA | Test side at the crease didn't finish off mug (5) |
| ROHIT | India Test captain after Virat Kohli, ... Sharma (5) |
| HAWKE | Bob, Australian politician who served as his country's prime minister from 1983 to 1991 (5) |
| ARIEL | ____ Sharon, Israeli general and politician who served as his country's eleventh prime minister (5) |
| OBOTE | Milton, Ugandan politician who served two terms as his country's president (5) |
| SLUMP | Collapse brings top left-hander to wicket; Virat at one end gets out (5) |
| PASTA | .... beyond having a sample of his country's cooking (5) |
| TEAMS | Test sides |
| CAELANDORIS | Mayo-born Leinster number eight who has captained Ireland since 2024 (6.5) |
| ROONEY | Footballer who has captained England 23 times, who swapped Old Trafford for Goodison Park earlier this year in his return to Everton (6) |
| SUNILGAVASKAR | Indian cricketer who scored 10,122 runs in his Test career (5,8) |
| WARNER | Australian opening batsman who has captained SRH the most number of times; he has also won the Orange Cap multiple times |
| CULLEN | Who has captained Leinster to three Heineken Cup titles? (6) |
| CLUXTON | Who has captained Dublin to seven All-Ireland Gaelic football titles? (7) |
| ROSTONCHASE | Barbadian cricketer who has been appointed captain of the West Indies Test team (6,5) |
