Pointless, maybe, but having point in cricket (5)
I believe the answer is:
silly
'pointless' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'but having point in cricket' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'point' could be 's' (South) and 's' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'illy' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'maybe' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for silly that I've seen before include "Idiotic" , "Inane; very close (fielder)" , "Not serious" , "Stupid" , "Ridiculous, frivolous" .)