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Cricket team left uniform on back of vehicle (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eleven

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'cricket team' is the definition.
(a cricket team has eleven players)

'left uniform on back of vehicle' is the wordplay.
'left' is a reversal indicator.
'uniform' becomes 'nevel' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'back of' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'vehicle' is 'e'.
'nevel' written backwards gives 'leven'.
'leven' after 'e' is 'ELEVEN'.

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(Other definitions for eleven that I've seen before include "Cricket 18" , "Lowest two-digit prime" , "Football side" , "sports team?" , "1 and 1?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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