Crossword Genius

Delay batting, worried by master players bagging runs (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

procrastinate

'delay' is the definition.
(procrastinating is a kind of delaying)

'batting worried by master players bagging runs' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'batting' could be 'in' (as in batting or being 'in' in cricket) and 'in' is found within the answer.
'worried' could be 'ate' (something worrying may eat someone up) and 'ate' is located in the answer.
'master' could be 'pro' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'pro' is found within the answer.
'runs' could be 'r' (cricket abbreviation) and 'r' is located in the answer.
'players' could be 'cast' (group of actors) and 'cast' is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Other definitions for procrastinate that I've seen before include "Defer action" , "Stall" , "Put off what should be done now" , "Put off till later" , "Postpone" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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