Hampshire's opener exploited fault as much as bowler could bear? (6)
I believe the answer is:
hatful
'much as bowler could bear?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'hampshire's opener exploited fault' is the wordplay.
'opener' says to take the initial letters.
'exploited' indicates anagramming the letters.
The initial letter of 'hampshire' is 'h'.
'fault' anagrammed gives 'atful'.
'h'+'atful'='HATFUL'
'as' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hatful that I've seen before include "Large number" , "lot" .)