Crossword Genius

Team batting at the Queen's pleasure? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inside

'at the queen's pleasure?' is the definition.
('at Her Majesty's pleasure' means in prison)

'team batting' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'team' could be 'side' (both can mean a sports team) and 'side' is present in the answer.
'batting' could be 'in' (as in batting or being 'in' in cricket) and 'in' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Other definitions for inside that I've seen before include "serving porridge" , "Interior - in prison" , "Inner surface" , "Jailed" , "Enid is (anag) - within" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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