Across
Does run-out cause a lot of noise? (7)
Facing the bowler this time, always or not at all (2,2,3)
Report of Boatman will get to Sri Lanka, perhaps (4)
Upset, or excite, a run down severely (9)
Fielding position in the news? (5)
Double curve saw one out with a maiden at midwicket (4,4)
According to the law, short leg is a supporter (4)
Thorpe's boundaries risked losing all, even being abrupt (5)
Cover with solid pace, injecting velocity to avert century (4)
Forgot to run? Lent a googly (8)
Extra: a run made without referring to the score (2,3)
Clue for the l-last to bat (4-5)
Boatman's place: long stop (4)
Rescue part of wicket before being dismissed (7)
Bat in centre of Oval, Dickie Bird once blowing his top (7)
Down
Clears area for cricket practice (4)
Sermon about English losing initially in a familiar way (8)
Perhaps cricket is popular cult (6)
Go up and face bowler here (8)
Field one inside silly mid-on (6)
Hostility from bowler (perhaps Ellison) initially (4)
Players scored with no-balls (9)
Starts to play yorkers later on: now this holds things up (5)
Fielder caught several balls in a row (5)
Renovated pitch put back to accommodate English date (6,2)
Guardian etc in revolt over introduction of spinning as part of training (5-3)
Wickedly excited yell about boundary (6)
Review of batsman’s role losing most fans in the north (6)
Unlawfully, get Sri Lanka's opener out for a duck (4)
Caught in time — setback in an area (4)
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