Flipping American cricket club gets five points and wins (9)

I believe the answer is:

successes

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'wins' is the definition.
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'flipping american cricket club gets five points' is the wordplay.
'flipping' is a reversal indicator.
'american' becomes 'us' (abbreviation for United States).
'cricket club' becomes 'cc' (cricketing abbreviation).
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'five points' becomes 'esses' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'us' in reverse letter order is 'su'.
'su'+'cc'+'esses'='SUCCESSES'

'and' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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