SPORTWORD

A test of knowledge for the sporting enthusiast

ACROSS

1. Small wooden bars placed across the tops of stumps to form cricket wickets (5) 4 and 7 Across. 2008 and 2012 Olympic track cycling keirin champion (5,3)

7. See 4 Across.

8. Enzo ....., four-times Belgium World Cup Finals player (5)

9. ..... New Guinea, 2017 Rugby World Cup quarterfinalists (5)

10. Method of deciding which cricket team bats first in a match (4)

11. John ......, Ipswich manager

1987-90 (6)

14. Rahul ......, ‘The Wall’ of

Indian Test cricket (6) 15. Loose rugby scrum (4) 18. ..... Field, Swansea City’s

old home (5)

20. John .’...., Reading

defender (5)

21. Chris ..., England Test

bowler 1973-81 (3) 22. Cricket shot from a half

kneeling position (5) 23. Richard ....., pundit and former Republic of Ireland defender (5)

DOWN

1. David ....., Coventry defender whose career ended against Man United in April 1996 (5) 2. Andrés ......., Spain’s goalscorer in their 2010 World Cup Final win (7) 3. An attempt on goal in various sports (4) 4. European country whose current league champions are APOEL FC (6) 5. Rodgers ..., 2002 New York City men’s marathon winner (3)

6. Graeme ....., former England and spinner, 2010 ECB Cricketer of the Year (5)

12. Steve ......., 1984, 1985 and 1987 flat race champion jockey (7)

13. Ian ......, West Indies Test cricketer who took 6-40 against Australia at Perth in 1993 (6)

14. Steve ....., 1989 World

Snooker champion (5) 16. Roy ....., Nottingham Forest

assistant manager (5) 17. Mark ...., winner of the 1996 Badminton Horse Trials (4)

19. The front part of the head

of a golf club (3)