Attempt extremely wide yorker at the end to batsman (5)
I believe the answer is:
gower
'batsman' is the definition.
(cricketer David Gower)
'attempt extremely wide yorker at the end' is the wordplay.
'attempt' becomes 'go' (go is a kind of attempt).
'extremely' suggests removing the centre (only the extremes of the word are used).
'at the end' indicates one should take the final letters.
'wide' with its centre taken out is 'we'.
The final letter of 'yorker' is 'r'.
'go'+'we'+'r'='GOWER'
'to' is the link.
(Other definitions for gower that I've seen before include "Swansea peninsula; a captain (Henry V)" , "Welsh peninsula" , "Peninsula - cricketer" , "character 8 [OF SHAKESPEARE]" .)