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Answer for the clue "Something good for cricketers? It helps one strike the right note ", 13 letters:
perfect pitch

Word definitions for perfect pitch in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context music English) The ability to identify a note by name without the benefit of a reference note. 2 (context less common English) The exact pitch of a note described by its frequency in vibrations per second.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But the five people in Saffran's group with perfect pitch had started learning aged four. ▪ Computer games that require a player to recognise perfect pitch might also help, Saffran says. ▪ I have neither perfect pitch nor a head ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the ability to identify the pitch of a tone [syn: absolute pitch ]

Usage examples of perfect pitch.

Or he could wait, with the bat on his shoulder, for the perfect pitch.

And more than that, she could feel it, sense it from inside her, as if it was causing her very bones to vibrate at its perfect pitch.

Once or twice, when his ear was fast enough to catch a fragment, he tried humming it back to them in perfect pitch, but the effort seemed to make no impression.