Secretive, shifty lout excluded from the cricket club (6)
I believe the answer is:
occult
'secretive shifty lout' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'excluded from the cricket club' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'from' could be 'o' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
'cricket club' could be 'cc' (cricketing abbreviation) and 'cc' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for occult that I've seen before include "Mystical (black arts)" , "Magical; secret" , "Supernatural practices" , "Mysticism" , "Involving magical powers" .)