Good Areas’ Jarrod Kimber got curious when he saw three consecutive wides bowled in a Bangladesh Premier League match. He got more curious when he saw the betting lines. And now, the match is being investigated by the authorities because of his article!

“That is because a lot of money had been bet on the fact that after ten overs, the score would be more than 79.5 on major trading sites like Betfair…In the tenth over, more money came in for the score to be more than 78.5 runs, despite the fact that 12 were needed off four balls, there was a new batter at the crease, and there had just been two dot balls.”

Hindustan Times’ Sharda Ugra points out the absurdities of the modern Indian cricketer, which makes swallowing the absurdities of the BCCI’s new ten commandments a little easier.

“Some individual stars on the BGT series had personal bags between 12 and 15, with 22 being the highest number. What’s in those bags other than clothes and kit? Gold yoga mats? Protein shakes? How many? The urge to write another column on this is overwhelming.”

Cricket and Stuff’s Harigovind S looks at the numbers behind bowling overcompensation, and how even elite bowlers are picked off in T20 games.

“To overcompensate is to respond to bowling a full one on the pads by sending down a short and wide one immediately afterward. Both are almost equally bad balls in general, but a combination bowlers may inadvertently go for because they can’t help but overcorrect their lines or lengths after being clipped for a boundary off a poor ball. It is something elite hitters such as Glenn Maxwell are constantly on the lookout for.”

• The Guardian’s Jonathan Liew has a love letter to the current fifth best West Indian spinner; “Jomel Warrican worships at cricket’s most unfashionable altar – remember the name”

• ESPNcricinfo’s Firdose Moonda profiled the growth of Nigerian cricket, as the U19 Women are over performing at the World Cup; “How Nigeria’s women put West Africa on the cricketing map and at the Under-19 World Cup”

• Broken Cricket Dream’s Nitesh Mathur goes through the numbers to ask an obvious question; “Does Ranji Trophy Matter Anymore for Team India’s National Selection?”

• The Guardian’s Tanya Aldred finds the most fun club in England; “Long hops? How one local cricket club are brewing their own beer”

• IWM’s Cyrus Broacha & Clayton Murzello discuss Indian cricket pre-Independence in 1947, and how the ethnically-divided Pentangular drummed up interest.

• Sky Sports’ Mike Atherton & Nasser Hussain discuss the role of a cricket agent in the modern multi-tournament world.