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Scrap a cricket stroke? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

offcut

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'scrap' is the definition.
(offcut can mean a scrap or leftover piece)

'a cricket stroke?' is the wordplay.
'a cricket' becomes 'off' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'stroke?' becomes 'cut' (cut is a kind of stroke).
'off'+'cut'='OFFCUT'

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(Other definitions for offcut that I've seen before include "Small bit of some material" , "End" , "Piece of material left over" , "Remnant for other uses" , "Waste piece" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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