The cricketer who's very keen to surpass the others? (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
long stop
'the cricketer' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'very keen to surpass the others?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'to' is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'who's' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for long stop that I've seen is " Sportsman on the field".)