Run country from capital (5)
I believe the answer is:
roman
'capital' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'run country' is the wordplay.
'run' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'country' becomes 'oman' (Oman is an example).
'r'+'oman'='ROMAN'
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for roman that I've seen before include "Like the English alphabet" , "Of an Italian city" , "Native to Italian capital" , "Locking device" , "Denizen of Italian capital" .)