Ancient follower of cricket match isn't excited (7)
I believe the answer is:
odinist
'ancient follower' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'cricket match isn't excited' is the wordplay.
'cricket match' becomes 'ODI' (short for one day international).
'excited' is an anagram indicator.
'isnt' is an anagram of 'nist'.
'odi'+'nist'='ODINIST'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for odinist that I've seen is " One with ancient faith".)
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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