Passes England's opener, run out close to stumps (7)
I believe the answer is:
elapses
'passes' is the definition.
(I know this)
'england's opener run out close to stumps' is the wordplay.
'opener' says to take the initial letters.
'run out' becomes 'lapse' (lapsing is a kind of running out).
'close to' suggests the final letters (the 'close' to the word).
The first letter of 'englands' is 'e'.
The last letter of 'stumps' is 's'.
'e'+'lapse'+'s'='ELAPSES'
(Other definitions for elapses that I've seen before include "Passes (in time)" , "Slips away" .)