Caught leg, perhaps, in scramble (5)
I believe the answer is:
climb
'scramble' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'caught leg perhaps' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'leg perhaps' becomes 'limb' (leg is a kind of limb).
'c'+'limb'='CLIMB'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for climb that I've seen before include "Go upwards" , "Go up - scale" , "What mountaineer does" , "increase" , "improve one's social status" .)