Six balls in cricket appear to be struck (8)
I believe the answer is:
overcome
'be struck' is the definition.
'six balls in cricket appear' is the wordplay.
'six balls in cricket' becomes 'over' (I've seen this before).
'appear' becomes 'come' ().
'over'+'come'='OVERCOME'
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for overcome that I've seen before include "'Engulfed, by emotion say (8)'" , "Succeed in dealing with difficulties" , "Emotionally affected" , "worst?" , "Defeat (someone)" .)