Field cricket sides - second match in this place? (7)
I believe the answer is:
hectare
'field' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'cricket sides second match in this place?' is the wordplay.
'sides' suggests removing the centre (only the letters on the sides are used).
'second match' becomes 'a' (end letter of 'match').
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'this place?' becomes 'here' (I've seen this in other clues).
'cricket' with its centre removed is 'ct'.
'ct'+'a'='cta'
'cta' inserted within 'here' is 'HECTARE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hectare that I've seen before include "Metric measure of area" , "Some land in France" , "Extent" , "Teacher of metric land measure" , "Metric land area" .)