The Gentleman's Game

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Fierce uprooting of one of three wooden sentinels (5)
• Aerodynamic curve defying straight paths via shine and scuff (5)
• Sprint back and forth to tick the scoreboard over (3)
• Jardine's 1932 leg-theory assault aimed directly at Australian ribs (8)
• Young lady gives away nothing across six deliveries (6)
• Hexad of legal chucks before fielding ends rotate (4)
• Remains fought over in a tiny urn after an 1882 English mock obituary (5)

Down

• Brisbane 1960 deadlock where aggregate scores matched to the last digit (3)
• White-coated arbiter pointing an index finger to issue marching orders (6)
• Raised leather ridge dictating chaotic deviation off the turf (4)
• Ravine-named sentry standing squarer than the cordon (5)
• Historic term for Ellis Achong's unorthodox left-arm wrist spin (8)
• Turn at the crease that reads the same backward and forward (7)
• Carved English willow blade wielded against incoming missiles (3)
• The second trick in an off-spinner's bag that spins away from the bat (6)
• Pencil puncture in the ledger that keeps the score static (3)

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