Cricket Crossword Puzzle

About the Cricket Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle covers cricket’s equipment, rules, fielding positions, match formats, and notable players. Look for terms such as Googly, Crease, Test Match, and Sachin Tendulkar. It suits cricket fans, sports-minded students, and anyone learning the vocabulary of this bat-and-ball game.

This crossword draws on 35 clues about Cricket. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Plea to officials for a dismissal (6 letters)
• •English all-rounder who starred at Headingley in 2019 (9 letters)
• •West Indies great who made 400 not out in a Test (9 letters)
• •Work of stopping and returning the ball (8 letters)
• •Team's or player's turn to score runs (7 letters)
• •Over in which no runs are conceded (6 letters)
• •Lower-leg protection worn by a batter (4 letters)
• •Close-catching position beside the wicketkeeper (4 letters)

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