Like a fielder's foolish point? (5)
I believe the answer is:
silly
'foolish point?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot see how they can define each other.
'like a fielder's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'like' could be 'ly' (similar in meaning) and 'ly' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'sil' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for silly that I've seen before include "Absurd" , "Inane; very close (fielder)" , "Goose" , "Preposterous" , "near the batsman" .)