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Batting order for cricket, say (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

insect

'for cricket say' is the definition.
(cricket is an example)

'batting order' is the wordplay.
'batting' becomes 'in' (cricket term).
'order' becomes 'sect' (both can mean a religious organisation).
'in'+'sect'='INSECT'

(Other definitions for insect that I've seen before include "Worthless person" , "Contemptible person" , "Small arthropod creature" , "Cricket perhaps" , "Soldier perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Telegraph.
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