Familiar cries, a result of sharp batting in nets? (12)
I believe the answer is:
catchphrases
'familiar cries' is the definition.
(familiar cries or utterances)
'sharp batting in nets?' is the wordplay.
'batting' indicates an anagram (letters beaten or batted).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'nets?' becomes 'catches' (netting is a kind of catching).
'sharp' with letters rearranged gives 'phras'.
'phras' put inside 'catches' is 'CATCHPHRASES'.
'a result of' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for catchphrases that I've seen is " words oft repeated".)