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English bowler moves around leg — wicket falls! (8)

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I believe the answer is:

anderson

'english bowler' is the definition.
(James Anderson is an English cricketer)

'moves around leg wicket falls' is the wordplay.
'moves around' becomes 'wanders' (wanders around).
'leg' becomes 'on' (cricket term, fielding positions).
'wicket' becomes 'w'.
'falls' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'wanders'+'on'='wanderson'
'wanderson' with 'w' taken away is 'ANDERSON'.

(Other definitions for anderson that I've seen before include "Lindsay ____, English film director, d. 1994" , "Sir John -, gave name to WW 2 air-raid shelter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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