Never fit to bat on, I abandoned (3,1,3,2,2)

I believe the answer is:

not a bit of it

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'never' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'fit to bat on i abandoned' is the wordplay.
'abandoned' indicates an anagram (the original order is abandoned).
'fit'+'to'+'bat'+'on'+'i'='fittobatoni'
'fittobatoni' is an anagram of 'NOT A BIT OF IT'.

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(Other definitions for not a bit of it that I've seen before include "No way!" , "All or nothing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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