Ignore appearance after a bit of cricket (8)
I believe the answer is:
overlook
'ignore' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'appearance after a bit of cricket' is the wordplay.
'appearance' becomes 'look' (look is a kind of appearance).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'a bit of cricket' becomes 'over' (six deliveries in cricket).
'look' put after 'over' is 'OVERLOOK'.
(Other definitions for overlook that I've seen before include "Fail to observe or consider" , "excuse" , "Disregard" , "Fail to observe or decide to ignore" , "Ignore or fail to notice" .)