Great man upset by a bad bit of batting (5)
I believe the answer is:
titan
'great man' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'upset by a bad bit of batting' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
'bit' could be 'i' (resembles 1, a binary digit or bit) and 'i' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for titan that I've seen before include "One of the mythological Greek giants who ruled the world" , "Largest satellite of Saturn" , "Gigantic Greek god" , "Taint in a legendary giant" , "Giant god of Greek myth" .)