Careless incident on cricket field bringing defeat? (9)
I believe the answer is:
overthrow
'defeat?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'careless incident on cricket field' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'on' could be 'over' (over can mean on top of) and 'over' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'throw' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'bringing' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for overthrow that I've seen before include "Dethrone or oust" , "Ruin" , "Bring extra" , "Subvert" , "Defeat completely" .)