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Cricketing pair seen outside harbour town and city (6)

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I believe the answer is:

oporto

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'city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'cricketing pair seen outside harbour' is the wordplay.
'cricketing pair' becomes 'oo' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'seen outside' is an insertion indicator.
'harbour' becomes 'port' (I've seen this before).
'oo' going around 'port' is 'OPORTO'.

'town and' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for oporto that I've seen before include "Iberian city" , "Second largest city in Portugal" , "Iberian location" , "European city" , "City near the mouth of the River Douro" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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