Cricket team (6)
I believe the answer is:
eleven
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">cricket team</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(a cricket team has eleven players)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for eleven that I've seen before include "Number on a soccer team" , "Prime number" , "Players" , "Football or cricket team?" , "Cardinal" .)