Welcome to our new setter Sceptic Cryptic. Bouquets and Brickbats welcome.
As this is a 13x13 only 2 ANSWERS PER COMMENTER till 6 PM (Annotations compulsory)
Please provide all your answers in one comment.
ACROSS
7 Fan, with hesitation, following English batsman (6)
8 Outstanding batsman David Warner surprisingly dismisses Warne (6)
9 Restrict some runs temporarily (4)
10 First person in pubs to welcome opening batsman (8)
11 Epic? Yes! Back after initially overcoming disease - Yuvraj Singh! (7)
13 Maybe Big Ben caught left-handed opener on naught at midwicket (5)
15 Stick with playing Faf after slugfest ends (5)
17 Swagger of West Indian batsman, having amassed boundaries (7)
20 Fastest rate dips badly (8)
21 Arrest Indian leader for Afghanistan player (4)
23 Movies with shots on the leg side (6)
24 Tell, maybe, that he is an English bowler (6)
DOWN
1 Run after knocking off New Zealander's middle stump (4)
2 Wickets at end of day's play (6)
3 Specialist opening bowler Mel returns causing difficulty (7)
4 Acknowledge Imad spinning first time (5)
5 Somehow Dale contains Dhoni initially with a maiden (6)
6 Did move cover inside, but got separated (8)
12 Spooner purchased toys for those that gave nothing away (3,5)
14 South Africans in favour of drink with a bit of sugar (7)
16 Recoil instinctively after captain has left (6)
18 Vince all at sea outside English city (6)
19 End line on pitch right away (5)
22 Reportedly purchases extras (4)
Across Lite version can be accessed at SCEPTIC CRYPTIC 1
Enjoy.
