Cricket remains of burning interest to some (5)
I believe the answer is:
ashes
'cricket remains' is the definition.
'ashes' can be an answer for 'remains' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'cricket' bit.
'burning interest to some' is the wordplay.
'burning interest' becomes 'shes' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'some' becomes 'a'.
'shes' after 'a' is 'ASHES'.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ashes that I've seen before include "Remains of the Yule logs?" , "Embers" , "Cinders - which were once kept in the 3 20 at 18" , "sporting trophy" , "Remains of anything burnt" .)