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Leader of batsmen with runs smashed (9)

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I believe the answer is:

bladdered

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'smashed' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'leader of batsmen with runs' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'leader' could be 'red' (red is a kind of leader) and 'red' is located in the answer.
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(Other definitions for bladdered that I've seen before include "Well away" , "Drunk (slang)" .)

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