### Clue: This is bound to happen, therefore lads alter wicket (4,3)
### Answer: SOD’S LAW 
 ### Explanation: Definition: This is bound to happen
  SO(therefore,hence,thus) + **anagram of**(alter) LADS + W(abbrev. for $$w$$icket in cricket notation). 
Defn: Aka Murphy's Law, whose central premise is "If anything can go wrong, it WILL go wrong", and its corollaries.