Enjoy an innings then get away from the infernal place with unseemly haste (4,1,3,3,2,4)

I believe the answer is:

like a bat out of hell

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'enjoy an innings then get away from the infernal place with unseemly haste' is the definition.
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'enjoy an innings then get away from the infernal place' is the wordplay.
'enjoy' becomes 'like' (like can mean to appreciate or enjoy something).
'an innings' becomes 'abat' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'then get' says to put letters next to each other.
'away from' becomes 'out of'.
'the infernal place' becomes 'hell' (I've seen this in another clue).
'like'+'abat'+'outof'+'hell'='LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL'

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