Peevish about those matches England are apt to lose? (5)
I believe the answer is:
testy
'peevish' is the definition.
(I know that peevish can be written as testy)
'those matches england are apt to lose?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'matches' could be 'test' (test match is a kind of match) and 'test' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'y' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'about' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for testy that I've seen before include "Easily irritated" , "Ratty" , "Captious" , "Quick to anger" , "Grumpy" .)