Century in midday match: result foregone conclusion? (2,7)
I believe the answer is:
no contest
'foregone conclusion?' is the definition.
(both refer to a predictable result)
'century in midday match' is the wordplay.
'century' becomes 'c' (common abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'midday' becomes 'noon' ('noon' can be a synonym of 'midday').
'match' becomes 'test' (test match is a kind of match**).
'c' going into 'noon' is 'nocon'.
'nocon'+'test'='NO CONTEST'
'result' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for no contest that I've seen before include "a foregone conclusion" , "plea" , "Winner's obvious" , "Outcome's already known" , "The winner is obvious!" .)