Concept:The passive voice reports a belief or statement about the subject. To convert to active voice, the original sentence must include the original speaker and maintain the past tense reference.
Explanation:The given passive sentence is: "He was said to be a good cricketer."
In active voice, the indefinite subject "they" is introduced as the speaker.
The verb "was said" changes to active "said".
The tense in the subordinate clause ("to be") must remain in the past to match the reporting verb tense (past simple).
Therefore, the correct active form is: "They said he was a good cricketer."
Option A ("They said he is a good cricketer") is incorrect because it uses present tense ("is") which mismatches the past reporting verb.
Option C ("He is a good cricketer") does not include the speaker and changes the tense structure, losing the original meaning.
Option D ("No change") is wrong because the instruction explicitly requires a change from passive to active.
Answer:Option B: "They said he was a good cricketer" is the correct active voice transformation.