Set by Mash
ACROSS
1. Rapped on the pads in front of the wicket (3,6)
9. Sounds like a Yorkshireman’s deliberate plan at the death! (6)
10. Removing Sligo tics from the outfield can be a complex operation! (9)
11. Smoothly graceful and effortless (6)
12. Evie fends cunningly in order to protect her stumps? (9)
13. Phil ‘The Cat’ Tufnell, is perhaps one of these? (6)
17. Sounds like bowlers should avoid putting the ball in Noah’s favourite area (3)
19, 27. Lower middle order in disarray? (2,5,3,6)
20. Robin ..., hard-hitting top-order bat, played 46...
