What Do I Do?
Welcome to Beyond Cow Corner! If the above AI-generated image didn’t give it away, this is your ultimate source for news, features, and analysis about New Zealand cricket and broader trends in the global game.
To paraphrase Napoleon, “never interrupt your subscribers while they are making a mistake”, and in that spirit, whatever you came to this page searching for, I can assure you, you’re in the right place. Search no further, you’ve found it.
Are you after features about past and present New Zealand cricketers like Stephen Fleming, Muhammad Abbas, and Ben Sears? I’ve got you covered.
Interested in in-depth recaps of classic matches? I’d recommend my article on the second Test between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in 2012: Ross Taylor’s Last Stand.
Want thought-provoking pieces that go deep on the emerging trends in the global game? I’m all over it, like these articles on the Dawn of Cricket’s ‘False Three’ and Where Are All The Female Cricket Coaches?
Keen to daydream about ‘what if’ cricketing scenarios to your heart’s content? Check out this article on what would have happened if Jesse Ryder had been in New Zealand’s 2015 and 2019 World Cup squads.
Would you like a slightly more comedic, skewered look at the game? See my The Absurd, The Bad, and The Funny series, starting with my recap of the WTC Final, or this article on One of the Oddest Bits of Cricket You’ll See.
After straightforward news, views, and analysis? I do that too, like this debrief of New Zealand A’s recent tour of Bangladesh, this analysis of Rob Walter’s coaching appointment, or this analysis of the Black Caps squad to face Zimbabwe and South Africa in a T20I tri-series.
Want to read about a cricketing topic that isn’t covered above? Let me know in the comments of my latest post, and I’ll do my best to make it happen!
How to Support Me
Below, I’ll detail the benefits paid subscribers get access to, but first, I want to make it clear that my intention is to always keep my articles free, not hidden behind a paywall. In the future, if my subscriber base grows sufficiently, I may move to a model where my 10 most recent posts are free to everyone and the rest are archived for paid subscribers. However, for now, I aim for all of my posts to be free to everyone.
As such, if, completely understandably, you don’t feel comfortable or just aren’t in a position to support me financially, the best thing you could possibly do to support me is to share my work around with others and help me to continue growing: whether that’s friends and family, teammates at your local club, or in your obscure cricketing discord server, I cannot emphasise how helpful every single share is.
If you do want to support me financially, you can do so either through a paid Substack subscription or a one-off or recurring contribution at Buy Me A Coffee by clicking the buttons below. I set the price for a monthly subscription ($5 AUD) as low as the app would allow me to, and you get a discount equivalent to two free months ($40) for buying an annual subscription.
Why Subscribe?
Above all, by subscribing, you are directly supporting my ability to continue creating this work. I also work full-time, and while I absolutely adore writing these articles, it can be time-consuming. Paying to subscribe helps me continue to justify allocating that time in the face of objectively more pressing priorities. In doing so, you will get my eternal, undying gratitude, (platonic) love, and anything else I can reasonably provide.
If you do choose to support me financially, I would like to be transparent about the kinds of things I plan to put the money towards. All contributions will be put towards my ability to continue growing, improving, and producing this blog, which may include things like:
Purchasing an annual CricketArchive subscription (valued at ~$105 AUD) to allow me to dive even deeper into older, more obscure stats and matches.
Purchasing an NV Play subscription to allow me to gain access to ball-by-ball replays and other useful analytics tools.
Purchasing subscriptions to other, similar cricket analytics tools.
Purchasing a Canva Pro subscription (valued at $165 AUD annually) to expand my ability to produce polished graphics and DataViz within my articles.
Purchasing a Grammarly Pro subscription to allow me to continue producing the highest-quality, error-free work at scale.
Purchasing subscriptions to other prominent cricketing creators’ Patreons (i.e. The Final Word, Good Areas, or The Grade Cricketer) for inspiration, to support their work, and to join their discord servers.
Purchasing a dedicated domain name to allow me to grow my subscriber and follower base outside of SubStack.
Further down the line, I will potentially purchase video editing tools to expand my output into video creation, too.
As my subscriber base grows, I may switch to a model whereby only paid subscribers can comment on posts, or where paid subscribers have access to my entire archive of posts, but free subscribers can only access the most recent 10. If this happens, I will be sure to communicate the change. For now, though, happy subscribing!
