Cricket match (4)
I believe the answer is:
test
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">cricket match</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(a test is a kind of cricket match)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for test that I've seen before include "big game" , "Assay" , "Trial - international game" , "Ward off" , "criterion" .)