England's opener, one looking embarrassed about getting a duck (5)
I believe the answer is:
eider
'a duck' is the definition.
(eider is a kind of duck)
'england's opener one looking embarrassed about' is the wordplay.
'opener' indicates taking the first letters.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'looking embarrassed' becomes 'red' (I've seen this before).
'about' is a reversal indicator.
The first letter of 'englands' is 'e'.
'red' reversed gives 'der'.
'e'+'i'+'der'='EIDER'
'getting' is the link.
(Other definitions for eider that I've seen before include "Duck noted for down" , "Sea duck with soft down" , "Quilt- furnishing duck" , "ie Red (anag.)" , "Reed I make into a duck" .)