Poor Ben Stokes drops a South African (8)
I believe the answer is:
steenbok
'african' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'poor ben stokes drops a south' is the wordplay.
'poor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'drops' suggests deleting specific letters.
'a south' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'ben'+'stokes'='benstokes'
'benstokes' with 's' taken out is 'bentokes'.
'bentokes' with letters rearranged gives 'STEENBOK'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for steenbok that I've seen is " Small African antelope; betokens (anagram)".)