Openers often score centuries and regularly get award (5)
I believe the answer is:
oscar
'award' is the definition.
(Academy Award)
'openers often score centuries and regularly' is the wordplay.
'openers' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'opener' mean this).
The first letters of 'often score centuries and regularly' is 'OSCAR'.
'get' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for oscar that I've seen before include "trophy" , "Develop again" , "One close to Mike" , "US film award" , "Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences" .)