Sharma beats ENG, IND-W win the U19 WC, an inquest into ENG-W, & a £145M-Hundred purchase.

• India beat England by 150 runs in their final T20. BBC’s Matthew Henry writes about the insatiable Abhishek Sharma who scored more than England, & Cricket.com’s Gaurav Nandan Tripathi says that Sanju Samson has developed a bad habit in this series.

• India Women won their second consecutive U19 Women’s World Cup. Indian Express’ Tanishq Vaddi traces Gongadi Trisha’s journey from a two-year old with a plastic bat to Player of the Tournament.

• BBC’s Ffion Wynne & Henry Moeran talk to Clare Connor, managing director of England women’s cricket, about the Ashes whitewash, & Alyssa Healy is taking a break from cricket (including the upcoming WPL).

• A US tech consortium paid £145 million to buy 49% of the London Spirit, the biggest Hundred sale so far. The Times’ Simon Wilde talks to Nikesh Arora, the consortium’s face, about why they wanted the team.

Kohli’s 15 balls of fame, Bevan makes the Hall of Fame, & the correlation of bowling variations to economy.

• ESPNcricinfo’s Rahul Bhattacharya relives Virat Kohli’s 15 balls of fame in the Ranji Trophy, while Lines on the Grass’ Sarthak Dev eloquently grapples with the question of fandom as he watched thousands storm out as soon as Kohli got out.

• Cricket Australia’s Adam Burnett remembers Michael Bevan’s brilliance as the finisher is inducted into the Hall of Fame, while Indian Express’ Sandip G does the same for Wriddhiman Saha on the occasion of his retirement.

• Cricbit’s Arnav Jain takes a stab at analysing the correlation between number of bowling variation in an over to economy rates and number of wickets taken.

• ESPNcricinfo’s Ekanth asks what the World Test Championship means for the Test nations of Ireland, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe who barely ever play Tests.

When bowlers exploit a batter’s tendencies, & comparing Ponting and Kohli.

• 81 All Out’s Siddhartha Vaidyanathan & Prashant DP have a fascinating conversation about how bowlers can exploit a batter’s anatomy and movements to pick up wickets – from the obvious starting point of the Bodyline series through to Mitchell Johnson in 2013. [Apple Podcasts]

• Good Areas’ Jarrod Kimber compares the mentalities of Ricky Ponting and Virat Kohli to see just how similar the two greats are.