Miss preceded this well-bowled over by upcoming English player (6,4)
I believe the answer is:
maiden name
'miss preceded this well-bowled' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'over by upcoming english player' is the wordplay.
'over' becomes 'maiden' (maiden is a kind of over).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'upcoming' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in a down clue coming up is backwards).
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'player' becomes 'man'.
'e'+'man'='eman'
'eman' in reverse letter order is 'name'.
'maiden'+'name'='MAIDEN NAME'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for maiden name that I've seen is " former title".)