Blackmail English team hosting wrong side at Lord's (9)
I believe the answer is:
extortion
'blackmail' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'english team hosting wrong side at lord's' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'team' becomes 'xi' (eleven, a football team).
'hosting' indicates putting letters inside.
'wrong' becomes 'tort' (legal term**).
'side at lord's' becomes 'on' (cricket term).
'xi' placed around 'tort' is 'xtorti'.
'e'+'xtorti'+'on'='EXTORTION'
(Other definitions for extortion that I've seen before include "The obtaining of money by force or threat" , "Blackmail" , "Extraction of money with menaces" .)