Sadly hear about lately gutted cricketer’s unwanted departure from game? (5,4)

'unwanted departure from game?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'sadly hear about lately gutted cricketer's' is the wordplay.
'sadly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'gutted' means to remove the middle letters (to gut something is to remove its insides).
'cricketer' becomes 'bat' (I've seen this before).
'lately' with its centre removed is 'ly'.
'hear' is an anagram of 'earh'.
'ly'+'bat'='lybat'
'earh' placed around 'lybat' is 'EARLY BATH'.

Can you help me to learn more?