Cricket side bagging runs, I state (6)
I believe the answer is:
oregon
'state' is the definition.
(Oregon is an example)
'cricket side bagging runs i' is the wordplay.
'cricket side' becomes 'on'.
'bagging' is an insertion indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'runs' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'i' becomes 'ego' (I've seen this before**).
'r'+'ego'='rego'
'on' placed around 'rego' is 'OREGON'.
(Other definitions for oregon that I've seen before include "US NW coastal state" , "No gore seen in this American state" , "US state, capital Salem" , "US north-western coastal state" , "Salem's state" .)