Look at cricket, for example, to catch Pakistan's opener (7)
I believe the answer is:
inspect
'look at' is the definition.
(inspecting is a kind of looking at)
'cricket for example to catch pakistan's opener' is the wordplay.
'cricket for example' becomes 'insect' (cricket is a kind of insect).
'to catch' is an insertion indicator.
'opener' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'pakistans' is 'p'.
'insect' enclosing 'p' is 'INSPECT'.
(Other definitions for inspect that I've seen before include "Scrutinise" , "Assess; examine" , "Scrutinize, audit" , "Examine officially" , "Carefully examine" .)