| RIAZ | Wahab .... , Pakistan player who took 5-63 on his 2010 Test cricket debut against England (4) |
| WAHAB | Pakistan player who took 5-63 on his 2010 Test cricket debut (5,4) |
| WASIMBARI | Pakistan wicketkeeper who made his Test cricket debut against England at Lord's in 1967 (5,4) |
| MASSIE | Bob ...... , bowler who took 16-137 on his 1972 Australia Test cricket debut against England at Lord's (6) |
| JOSH | Worcestershire bowler who took 5-66 on his 2023 England Test cricket debut against Ireland at Lord's (4) |
| BEBB | Dewi ___, rugby union wing who scored the winning try on his 1959 Wales Test debut against England (4) |
| LYNN | Big-hitting Queenslander who made his ODI cricket debut for Australia v Pakistan in 2016-17 (4) |
| TONGUE | Worcestershire bowler who took 5-66 on his 2023 England Test cricket debut against Ireland at Lord's (6) |
| RAINA | India cricketer who made 120 against Sri Lanka on his 2010 Test debut in Colombo (5) |
| SURESH | India cricketer who made 120 against Sri Lanka on his 2010 Test debut in Colombo (6) |
| QUEK | Surname of Sam, the former hockey player who took part in I'm A Celeb in 2016 (4) |
| THOM | First name of Mr Evans, former rugby player who took part in Strictly in 2014 and Celebrity Island in 2016 (4) |
| LAKMAL | Suranga ...... , Sri Lanka Test cricketer who took 5-63 against South Africa in Port Elizabeth in 2016 (6) |
| OBUYA | C O ___, Kenya player who took 5-24 against Sri Lanka in the 2003 Cricket World Cup (5) |
| LILLEE | DK, Australia cricketer who took 5-84 on his Test debut against England at Adelaide in 1971 (6) |
| DEWIBEBB | Rugby union wing who scored the winning try on his 1959 Wales Test debut against England (4,4) |
| DEWI | And 12 Across. Wales try scorer on his 1959 rugby union Test debut against England (4.4) |
| TROTT | Jonathan ..... , England cricketer who made 184 against Pakistan in a 2010 Test (5) |
| BOBMASSIE | Australian who took 16 wickets in his Test debut, against England in 1972 (3,6) |
| AZHAR | Pakistan batsman whose 2010 Test debut was against Australia at Lord's (5,3) |