Themed (Cricket)

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Accross 8 Leg spin delivery with little or no spin (6) 9 Finger spin (8) 10 Current West Indian one-day bowler (4,4) 11 The outcome of a match (6) 12 Delivery which spins from leg to off, unlike a normal off break (6) 13 ABBA song featuring in the Sri Lankan pace attack (8) 14 Hit a ball with a smooth blow (7) 16 Cricket struggle between rivals (7) 20 Dick, the South African allrounder of the 50s (8) 23 Throw wildly towards the stumps (4,2) 25 Having the lower score in a 16 across (6) 26 Batted aggressively to score quick runs (8) 27 Stops an innings on a required score (8) 28 Woman concedes no runs in an over (6)

Down 1 Walks forth to bat (5,3) 2 Tiered structures in a stadium (6) 3 English lob bowler, Tom, who played in the first ever Tests. (8) 4 Fielding position is some time away (4,3) 5 Bill, the early English keeper and Derby nfootballer (6) 6 Umpire David is steadfast (8) 7 Low bed delivered a ball, in a mix (6) 15 Pitch area furthest from the wicket (8) 17 Part of the wicket away from the batsman's legs (3,5) 18 Aussie allrounder who retired in 2003 (5,3) 19 English batsman who scored a century at Lords on his Test debut in 2004 (7) 21 A team has time for a break (6) 22 Requests batting line-ups in a restaurant? (6) 24 Mr Benaud or Richardson (6)

Solution

Across: 8 Zooter, 9 Orthodox, 10 Reon King, 11 Result, 12 Doosra, 13 Fernando, 14 Stroked, 16 Contest, 20 Westcott, 23 Fire at, 25 Behind, 26 Attacked, 27 Declares, 28 Maiden.
Down: 1 Comes out, 2 Stands, 3 Armitage, 4 Long off, 5 Storer, 6 Constant, 7 Bowled, 15 Outfield, 17 Off stump, 18 Shane Lee, 19 Strauss, 21 Eleven, 22 Orders, 24 Richie.