Cricket's Week That Was (27 Oct-2 Nov, 2024)

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Across
  1. 2. Does 20 years make him an honorary local?
  2. 5. Who thinks franchise cricket is making players mercenaries?
  3. 7. How many ODIs did Kirsten take to give up?
  4. 8. First they lose Lord's, and now their "culture" needs reviewing
  5. 12. America's broken Law
  6. 13. The Indian crowd booed him when New Zealand were denied a series win in India in 1969/70
  7. 14. Pant's new home?
  8. 16. India's coach (for a bit)
  9. 18. Ellyse Perry & Shikha Pandey were blown away by her debut
  10. 20. The English government is going to renege on their £35m pledge to help it
  11. 21. Australia & India may have this problem, but South Africa don't
  12. 22. The pacer Ireland are still trying to replicate
Down
  1. 1. A reluctant leader in Dhaka
  2. 3. The country where cricket is being promoted by a pharmaceutical giant
  3. 4. Ten years on, it's still going strong
  4. 6. The IPL's biggest (but declining) sponsors
  5. 9. Mandhana broke her record against New Zealand
  6. 10. India's newbie who's been knocking on the door for years
  7. 11. He was mentally scarred after playing India in 2001
  8. 14. SACA'S great hope
  9. 15. *(subject to captaincy)
  10. 17. The BBC's retiring chief
  11. 19. Why LSG could let Shami go