Reverse Swing
A content platform for cricket analysis, player profiles, and long-form sports writing — built for writers who care about the craft.
The Problem
Cricket content online lives in two extremes: mass-market news aggregators (ESPNcricinfo, Cricbuzz) that prioritize speed and scores, and social media threads that disappear in hours. There's a gap for long-form cricket writing — tactical analysis, player career retrospectives, bowling mechanics breakdowns — presented in a reading experience that respects both the writer and the reader. Medium works but offers no sport-specific structure. WordPress works but looks like 2012.
The Solution
Reverse Swing is a purpose-built publishing platform for cricket content. It combines a public-facing article site with a custom admin dashboard for content management.
The Public Site features a cinematic dark-themed reading experience with article cards, category filtering (Stories & Analysis), player profiles with contextual statistics, and a mobile-responsive layout designed for long reading sessions.
The Admin Dashboard provides a content management interface with article creation, draft/publish workflow, media file management, and per-article analytics (view tracking over time). It's built as a lightweight CMS rather than a bloated general-purpose solution — every feature exists because cricket writers need it.
Technical Decisions
Supabase handles content storage, auth, and real-time analytics. The architecture is intentionally simple — no static site generation complexity, no build-time content compilation. Articles are fetched at request time from Supabase, keeping the publishing workflow instant (write → publish → live) without waiting for rebuilds. Image optimization is handled at the edge via Next.js image component and Vercel's CDN.
Where it Stands
Fully functional with the admin dashboard and public reading experience complete. Currently in pre-launch — pending custom domain setup and initial content seeding before public release.
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