Avoiding risk as a hopeless fielder? (6,2,7)

'hopeless fielder?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'avoiding risk as a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'risk' could be 'chance' (synonyms) and 'chance' is found within the answer.
'as' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is located in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?