Duke and Queen featuring in ball (6)
I believe the answer is:
yorker
'ball' is the definition.
(cricket term)
'duke and queen' is the wordplay.
'duke' becomes 'york' (Duke of York is an example).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'queen' becomes 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'york'+'er'='YORKER'
'featuring in' is the link.
(Other definitions for yorker that I've seen before include "Cricket delivery aimed at the feet" , "Delivery pitching directly under the bat" , "often new" , "Bowler's stratagem (cricket)" , "Difficult cricket delivery to play" .)