Scrutinise pitch firstly in cricket? (7)
I believe the answer is:
inspect
'scrutinise' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'pitch firstly in cricket?' is the wordplay.
'pitch firstly' becomes 'p' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'cricket?' becomes 'insect' (cricket is a kind of insect).
'p' inserted inside 'insect' is 'INSPECT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inspect that I've seen before include "Ecamine closely" , "Carefully examine" , "Examine closely" , "test" , "Assess; examine" .)