Leading batsman (6)
I believe the answer is:
opener
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">leading batsman</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for opener that I've seen before include "First event in a series" , "Initial event" , "Batsman; kitchen utensil" , "(Team's) first batsman" , "First batsman in game" .)