Possible Clues:

• Prize money, not the first, that batsman has
• Skim off profits for one's life?
• Turn to bat -- proceeds to lose wicket
• Baseball divisions
• Wife abandons prize money for spell at wicket
• Sing wildly at back of pub -- bit of a game
• Spell 'pot' without the first letter
• Knock pub sign askew
• Knock tavern sign, unfortunately
• Knock top prize money