Loiter in van in Hertford with some deliveries (5)
I believe the answer is:
hover
'loiter' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'van in hertford with some deliveries' is the wordplay.
'van in' suggests taking the first letters (van can mean the front of something).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'some deliveries' becomes 'over' (a cricket over consists of six deliveries).
The first letter of 'hertford' is 'h'.
'h'+'over'='HOVER'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for hover that I've seen before include "What some cross-Channel craft do" , "Be poised" , "Float above in the air, perhaps a craft" , "Be stationary in the air" , "Hang in the air or waver" .)