Sports team with jerk in a danger to cricket? (9)
I believe the answer is:
pesticide
'a danger to cricket?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'sports team with jerk' is the wordplay.
'sports' becomes 'pe' (Physical Education).
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'jerk' becomes 'tic' (jerking movement by the body).
'side' placed around 'tic' is 'sticide'.
'pe'+'sticide'='PESTICIDE'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pesticide that I've seen before include "From poison" , "Insect killer" , "What eliminates bugs" , "It kills harmful creatures" .)