Wiping out born batsman once focus goes (8)

I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

NÉ (of a man, born) + GAT T ING (reference Mike GATTING [born 1957], English cricketer [batsman] who captained the English Test team between 1986 and 1988) excluding the central letter (once the focus goes) T