Sporting hit in area at front of house? (2-5)

'sporting hit' is the definition.
(cricket)

'area at front of house?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'at' could be 'on' (location) and 'on' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'drive' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'in' is the link.