A bad shot by the golfer playing cricket? (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
off drive
'golfer playing cricket?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'a bad shot by' is the wordplay.
'a bad' becomes 'off' (eg meat that's gone off is bad).
'shot' becomes 'drive' (drive is a kind of shot).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'off'+'drive'='OFF-DRIVE'
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for off drive that I've seen before include "One sent to cover" , "Stroke of a cricketer" .)