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Herb caught by a man in command (9)

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I believe the answer is:

coriander

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'herb' is the definition.
(I know that coriander is a herb)

'caught by a man in command' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'caught' could be 'c' (cricket abbreviation) and 'c' is located in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is present in the answer.
'man' could be 'der' and 'der' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ori' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for coriander that I've seen before include "Aromatic herb" , "Herb used with carrot for soup" , "An aromatic seed; carried on (anag.)" , "Spice" , "Carried on with the strange herb" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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