Batter of the canny type? (6)
I believe the answer is:
opener
'batter of the canny type?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
This is all the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for opener that I've seen before include "First part" , "It may provide access to food" , "A key or a bottle top remover" , "First going in to bat" , "player, first to bat" .)