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Drawing attention to consequence of batsman's poor form? (12)

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'drawing' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being present participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'attention to consequence of batsman's poor form?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'form?' could be 'ring' (ring is a kind of form) and 'ring' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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