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ACROSS

1. Combined playing professional cricket & football in the 1970s (11) 7 Hampshire League

club (4) 8 First name of

Blackpool-born Croft (6) 9 16-Test Lal starred for Bengal in the Ranji Trophy (4) 11 Nothling was a one-Test

wonder for Australia (4) 13 South African left-hander Koenig played three seasons for Middlesex (4) 16 Father keeps watchful eye

over HQ (4) 18 One of just nine men to play 250 ODIs for Pakistan (4) 19 Tokyo-born all-rounder for

England Women (6) 20 Greg added colour to Australia’s 1987 World Cup-winning team (4)

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12 Stylish opener who plundered nearly 13,000 international runs for Pakistan (5) 3 Benaud status among

commentators (5) 4 Tottenham-born all-rounder who bloomed at Somerset (4) 5 The eighth-highest run scorer for England across all formats (11) 6 Andy turned out for both

Middlesex and Surrey (7) 10 Has hosted Test matches but only appeared in two World Cups (3) 12 Devon-born left-hander played in Test series against England in 1999 (5) 14 This Murali is found at the

top of the batting order (5) 15 Unlikely destroyer of England at Lord’s in 1982 with 6-32 (5) 17 This guy was a regal stroke-player for Somerset between the wars (5)