Judge too highly the speed of the bowling (8)
I believe the answer is:
overrate
'judge too highly' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'speed of the bowling' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'speed' could be 'rate' (both can mean pace) and 'rate' is present in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ver' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'the' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for overrate that I've seen before include "Inflate" , "Value or assess too highly" , "Think too much of" , "Attach too much importance to" , "Rank too highly" .)