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Catch some cricket in this location, reportedly? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overhear

'catch' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'some cricket in this location reportedly?' is the wordplay.
'some cricket' becomes 'over' (I've seen this in other clues).
'in this location' becomes 'here' (I've seen this in another clue).
'reportedly?' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (I've seen 'reportedly' mean this).
'here' sounds like 'hear'.
'over'+'hear'='OVERHEAR'

(Other definitions for overhear that I've seen before include "Tune in to conversation accidentally" , "Listen without the speaker's knowledge, maybe by accident" , "Learn by accident" , "Bug" , "Listen accidentally unknown to speaker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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