Possible Clues:

• Tree which has a sweet spot in the middle?
• Mostly desire short type of tree
• Bat showing determination on old wicket
• Tree that's a source of salicylic acid, a precursor to aspirin
• Tree of the genus Salix
• China pattern
• It's amazing about the foreign student out of tree?
• Bat that's amazing, controlling ball with no need for power
• Ron Howard fantasy film of 1988
• ''Weeping'' tree