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Six balls in cricket appear to be struck (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overcome

'be struck' is the definition.

'six balls in cricket appear' is the wordplay.
'six balls in cricket' becomes 'over' (I've seen this before).
'appear' becomes 'come' ().
'over'+'come'='OVERCOME'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for overcome that I've seen before include "'Engulfed, by emotion say (8)'" , "Succeed in dealing with difficulties" , "Emotionally affected" , "worst?" , "Defeat (someone)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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