Bowler, wayward type harnessing a touch of pace (7)
I believe the answer is:
spinner
'bowler' is the definition.
(a spinner is a kind of bowler in cricket)
'wayward type harnessing a touch of pace' is the wordplay.
'wayward type' becomes 'sinner'.
'harnessing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a touch of' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'pace' is 'p'.
'sinner' going around 'p' is 'SPINNER'.
(Other definitions for spinner that I've seen before include "One offering deliveries" , "Artificial fly" , "Bowler - fisherman's fly" , "cricketer" , "Slow bowler - lure for mackerel" .)