Inferior player in British pub knocked over Italian (6)
I believe the answer is:
rabbit
'inferior player' is the definition.
(cricket term)
'british pub knocked over italian' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'pub' becomes 'bar' (both are drinking establishments).
'knocked over' is a reversal indicator.
'italian' becomes 'it' (abbreviation for Italian).
'b'+'bar'='bbar'
'bbar' in reverse letter order is 'rabb'.
'rabb'+'it'='RABBIT'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for rabbit that I've seen before include "Yak" , "Animal with hole" , "Small mammal (not good at sports)" , "Burrowing animal, lives in warren" , "Burrowing creature" .)