A cricket club in pub, at card game (8)
I believe the answer is:
baccarat
'card game' is the definition.
(baccarat is a kind of card game)
'a cricket club in pub at' is the wordplay.
'cricket club' becomes 'cc' (cricketing abbreviation).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pub' becomes 'bar' (both are drinking establishments).
'a'+'cc'='acc'
'acc' put inside 'bar' is 'baccar'.
'baccar'+'at'='BACCARAT'
(Other definitions for baccarat that I've seen before include "Casino card game" , "A gambling card game in casinos" , "Card game in which punters gamble against the banker" , "Card game played in casinos" , "French card game" .)