Revolutionary English batsman puffing away on this? (7)

I believe the answer is:

cheroot

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'batsman puffing away on this?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'revolutionary english' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' becomes 'Che' (Che Guevara the Marxist revolutionary).
'english' becomes 'root' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'che'+'root'='CHEROOT'

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(Other definitions for cheroot that I've seen before include "16 21 [INDIAN IMPORT]" , "Cigar cut at both ends" , "Type of cigar" , "Variety of cigar" , "Cigar with ends squarely removed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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