Look closely at pressure encountered in cricket? (7)
I believe the answer is:
inspect
'look closely at' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'pressure encountered in cricket?' is the wordplay.
'pressure' becomes 'p' (abbreviation).
'encountered in' indicates putting letters inside.
'cricket?' becomes 'insect' (cricket is a kind of insect).
'p' placed within 'insect' is 'INSPECT'.
(Other definitions for inspect that I've seen before include "Ecamine closely" , "test" , "Study" , "Scrutinise" , "Look over carefully" .)