Former cricketer, nicknamed, but he has his irrational haters (6)

I believe the answer is:

athers

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'former cricketer nicknamed but he has' is the definition.
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'irrational haters' is the wordplay.
'irrational' is an anagram indicator.
'haters' with letters rearranged gives 'ATHERS'.

'his' is the link.

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