Cricket balls caught top of helmet that's in slips (8)
I believe the answer is:
cherries
'cricket balls caught top' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'helmet that's in slips' is the wordplay.
'helmet' becomes 'ch' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'that's' becomes 'ie'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'slips' becomes 'errs' ('err' can be a synonym of 'slip').
'ie' put into 'errs' is 'erries'.
'ch'+'erries'='CHERRIES'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cherries that I've seen before include "The fruits are in rich Erse, strangely" , "Small red fruits" , "Red fruit" , "Sir, cheer up, they're fruit" , "Sir, cheer up the fruits" .)