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Batting order for cricket? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

insect

'cricket?' is the definition.
(cricket is a kind of insect)

'batting order' is the wordplay.
'batting' becomes 'in'.
'order' becomes 'sect' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'in'+'sect'='INSECT'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for insect that I've seen before include "Possibly fly" , "Creepy-crawly" , "Bee or beetle, for example" , "Eg, bee, mosquito" , "Small arthropod creature" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Independent and The Telegraph.
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