Clockword

The solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter A in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the outer circle will spell out the name of a former Australia cricketer and commentator.

1. Palm fibre

2. Lizard

3. Region of the Ukraine

4. Ivy genus

5. Spain and Portugal

6. Mistakes

7. Big _, German Howitzer

8. Mystery

9. Queasiness

10. US state

11. Ideal society

12. Herbaceous plant