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The cricketer who's very keen to surpass the others? (4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

long stop

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'the cricketer' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'very keen to surpass the others?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'to' is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'who's' is the link.

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(Another definition for long stop that I've seen is " Sportsman on the field".)

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