What a cricketer hates to do — ditch a model (4,1,6)

I believe the answer is:

drop a sitter

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'what a cricketer hates to do' is the definition.
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'ditch a model' is the wordplay.
'ditch' becomes 'drop'.
'model' becomes 'sitter' (I've seen this before).
'drop'+'a'+'sitter'='DROP A SITTER'

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