Animal ran around cricket club with ducks (7)
I believe the answer is:
raccoon
'animal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'ran around cricket club with ducks' is the wordplay.
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'cricket club' becomes 'cc' (cricketing abbreviation).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'ducks' becomes 'OO' (two O's - duck means zero in cricket).
'cc'+'oo'='ccoo'
'ran' placed around 'ccoo' is 'RACCOON'.
(Other definitions for raccoon that I've seen before include "American nocturnal mammal" , "Small N American mammal" , "Smallish mammal" , "American tree-climbing animal with ringed tail" , "Furry grey forest mammal, black-banded on face and tail" .)