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Cricketer’s futile redo botched … (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outfielder

'cricketer's' is the definition.
(outfielder is a kind of cricketer)

'futile redo botched' is the wordplay.
'botched' is an anagram indicator.
'futile'+'redo'='futileredo'
'futileredo' anagrammed gives 'OUTFIELDER'.

(Other definitions for outfielder that I've seen before include "One who is deep" , "Deep man" , "Man on boundary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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