The Crossword Centre Clue-Writing Competition

CCCWC April competition voters’ comments
 
Clue no. 22: Match eventually starts out; without a break, seamers bowl over

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A clue to MESMERISE (Letters Latent).
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1.Get the idea but not convincing. Not sure that the clue leads to selection of M E. And all the seamers together bowl one over?
2.Wordplay seems rather disjointed, 'Match eventually starts' isn't the same as 'starts of match eventually' (see clue 7)