Ball player injured leg, having run after pitcher (7)
I believe the answer is:
juggler
'ball player' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'injured leg having run after pitcher' is the wordplay.
'injured' indicates an anagram.
'having' says to put letters next to each other.
'run' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'pitcher' becomes 'jug' (I've seen this before).
'leg' with letters rearranged gives 'gle'.
'gle' next to 'r' is 'gler'.
'gler' put after 'jug' is 'JUGGLER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for juggler that I've seen before include "Balls-in-air entertainer" , "One keeping several things in the air" , "Circus performer" , "Conjuror" , "One performs tricks of manual dexterity" .)