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It's accepted to bring order to a cricket team (5)

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I believe the answer is:

axiom

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'it's accepted to' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'order to a cricket team' is the wordplay.
'order' becomes 'om' (Order of Merit).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'cricket team' becomes 'XI' (a cricket team, from Roman numerals for 11).
'a'+'xi'='axi'
'om' after 'axi' is 'AXIOM'.

'bring' is the link.

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(Other definitions for axiom that I've seen before include "Old saying or precept 95)" , "Basic proposition" , "Generally accepted principle" , "Adage" , "Fundamental proposition" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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