The Story of Cricket

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• Central 22-yard strip where all the drama unfolds (5)
• Curving trajectory governed by shine and atmospheric physics (5)
• Piercing collective howl of 'Howzat' aimed at the arbiter (6)
• Overstepping delivery granting a free gift to the batter (6)
• Deceptive turn born of Bosanquet's wristy trick (6)
• Director's halt or ferocious chop against a wide short ball (3)
• Sound graph revealing microscopic edges via stump mic audio (11)
• Broadly off-target delivery penalized with an extra (4)
• Raised ridge offering jagged deviation off the turf (4)
• Sprint between timbers to register on the board (3)
• Remains fought over in a tiny urn since 1882 (5)
• The Don whose mythical 99.94 towers over sporting annals (7)
• Film background actor or run gifted without blade contact (5)
• Virtuous six balls yielding zero profit to the blade (6)

Down

• A turn at the plate that can easily survive through tea (7)
• Farewell greeting or runs sneakily stolen without bat contact (3)
• Deep ravine or catching position squarer than the cordon (5)
• Tug firmly or swat a waist-high delivery to midwicket (4)
• Side of the field behind the batsman's heels (3)
• Hat style or straight-armed hurler of the leather sphere (6)
• Nightclub heavy or fierce short-pitched headhunter (7)
• Jardine's hostile tactics that sparked an imperial diplomatic row (8)
• Ironed out line where a batter claims territory (6)
• Civilized afternoon beverage break interrupting Test match fury (3)
• Historic term for left-arm unorthodox wrist spin (8)
• Cordon lurking beside the keeper waiting for edges (4)

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