Put up most of the cricket team, including a first timer (7)
I believe the answer is:
elevate
'put up' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'most of the cricket team including a first timer' is the wordplay.
'most of' means to remove the last letter.
'the cricket team' becomes 'eleven' (a cricket team has eleven players).
'including' indicates putting letters inside.
'first timer' becomes 't' (1st letter of 'timer').
'eleven' with its final letter taken away is 'eleve'.
'a'+'t'='at'
'eleve' enclosing 'at' is 'ELEVATE'.
(Other definitions for elevate that I've seen before include "Uplift" , "Lift up or ennoble" , "To raise in level" , "Raise up, hold aloft" , "Raise or lift" .)