Crossword

ACROSS

1. Played his part in 1986/87 Ashes triumph Down Under (5) 6. Five wickets on Test debut but failed to revolutionise West Indies quick bowling (7) 8. Scored fastest double hundred in Test history in 2002 (5) 9. ‘Golden age’ legend revered in both England and India (5) 10. First man to take 300 Test

wickets (7) 12. Record 423 consecutive County Championship games between 1954 and 1969 (6) 13. Kapali was the first Bangladesh player to claim a Test hat-trick in 2003 (4) 15. Dreadlocked Douglas was a former Zimbabwe seamer (5) 16. Stand at Basin Reserve,

Wellington (5) 17. Associate team with whom Dwayne Leverock earned cult status (7)

DOWN

1. Former Western Province all-rounder who played a couple of seasons for Glamorgan (5) 2. Nevis-born left-hander who hit a ton against England in 1994 (9) 3. Stalwart seamer for Lancashire in the 1970s who finished with 599 first-class victims (3) 4. Sussex ground (7) 5. Gateshead-born Wheatley was an England selector (5) 7. 68 wickets in just 11 Tests

at The Gabba (5) 11 Creamed South Africa with 9-57 at The Oval in 1994 (7) 12 India keeper who hails from close to the Nepalese border (4) 13. Delhi seamer who played in two T20 internationals against England in 2012 (5) 14. Hampshire batsman Matthew born near Gospel Oak averaged 44 in 1996 (5) See next week’s Cricket Paper for the answers