The Guardian Cryptic Mar 19 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,085 - March 19 2020 - Answers

Clues	Answers
According to the law, short leg is a supporter	ALLY
Bat in centre of Oval, Dickie Bird once blowing his top	VAMPIRE
Boatman's place: long stop	SEAL
Caught in time __ setback in an area	ACRE
Clears area for cricket practice	NETS
Clue for the l-last to bat	TAILENDER
Cover with solid pace, injecting velocity to avert century	PAVE
Does run-out cause a lot of noise?	RESOUND
Double curve saw one out with a maiden at midwicket	SWANNECK
Extra: a run made without referring to the score	BYEAR
Facing the bowler this time, always or not at all	INNOWAY
Field one inside silly mid-on	DOMAIN
Fielder caught several balls in a row	COVER
Fielding position in the news?	POINT
Forgot to run? Lent a googly	UNLEARNT
Go up and face bowler here	INCREASE
Guardian etc in revolt over intro­duction of spinning as part of training	PRESSUPS
Hostility from bowler (perhaps Ellison) initially	HATE
Perhaps cricket is popular cult	INSECT
Players scored with no-balls	CASTRATED
Renovated pitch put back to accommodate English date	TARTEDUP
Report of Boatman will get to Sri Lanka, perhaps	ISLE
Rescue part of wicket before being dismissed	BAILOUT
Review of batsman's role losing most fans in the north	BOREAL
Sermon about English losing initially in a familiar way	HOMELILY
Starts to play yorkers later on: now this holds things up	PYLON
Thorpe's boundaries risked losing all, even being abrupt	TERSE
Unlawfully, get Sri Lanka's opener out for a duck	TEAL
Upset, or excite, a run down severely	EXCORIATE
Wickedly excited yell about boundary	EVILLY