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Heard boundary by England cricketer brings cheer (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

root for

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

'heard boundary by england cricketer' is the wordplay.
'heard' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'boundary' becomes 'four' (cricket).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'england cricketer' becomes 'Root' (Joe Root plays cricket for England).
'four' is a homophone of 'for'.
'for' after 'root' is 'ROOT FOR'.

'brings' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for root for that I've seen before include "support" , "cheer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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