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Wicket struck, gutted eleven go pale (6)

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I believe the answer is:

whiten

'go pale' is the definition.

'wicket struck gutted eleven' is the wordplay.
'wicket' becomes 'w'.
'struck' becomes 'hit'.
'gutted' means to remove the middle letters (to gut something is to remove its insides).
'eleven' with its centre taken out is 'en'.
'w'+'hit'+'en'='WHITEN'

(Other definitions for whiten that I've seen before include "Blanch" , "Become less colourful" , "free from guilt" , "New hit (anag.)" , "Bleach" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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