Result extremely fortunate for English cricket team, just starting (6)
I believe the answer is:
effect
'result' is the definition.
('effect' can be a synonym of 'result')
'extremely fortunate for english cricket team just starting' is the wordplay.
'just starting' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'extremely fortunate for english cricket team' is 'EFFECT'.
(Other definitions for effect that I've seen before include "Consequence of an action" , "Consequence caused by something else" , "Bring about - result" , "Change produced by impact or other cause" , "See 7" .)