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Former cricketer you may have seen at 2 a.m.? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

botham

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'former cricketer you may have seen' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'2 a m ?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'm' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'both' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'at' is the link.

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(Other definitions for botham that I've seen before include "Ian -, Eng. cricketer" , "34 [CRICKETER]" , "Cricket pundit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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