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Cricket trophy after five hundred runs (6)

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I believe the answer is:

dashes

'runs' is the definition.
(dash is a kind of run)

'cricket trophy after five hundred' is the wordplay.
'cricket trophy' becomes 'ashes' (I've seen this before).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'five hundred' becomes 'd' ('D' can be a synonym of 'five hundred').
'ashes' after 'd' is 'DASHES'.

(Other definitions for dashes that I've seen before include "Strokes" , "Darts" , "Quick run or sudden rush" , "Long signals in Morse code" , "Runs fast with shades" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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