Cricket equipment with bad smell relations rejected (5)

I believe the answer is:

boxes

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'cricket equipment with bad smell relations rejected' is the definition.
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'with bad smell relations rejected' is the wordplay.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'bad smell' becomes 'bo' (body odour).
'relations' becomes 'sex' (euphemism for sex).
'rejected' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'sex' in reverse letter order is 'xes'.
'bo' put next to 'xes' is 'BOXES'.

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