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Not getting on a ship carrying English cricket side around (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ageless

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'not getting on' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a ship carrying english cricket side around' is the wordplay.
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'carrying english' becomes 'e' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'cricket side' becomes 'leg' (I've seen this before).
'around' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'ss'+'e'+'leg'='sseleg'
'sseleg' back-to-front is 'geless'.
'a'+'geless'='AGELESS'

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(Other definitions for ageless that I've seen before include "Not growing older" , "unaffected by time" , "not appearing to get old" , "Sea-legs (anag.)" , "not getting on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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