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Nick name
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Bio
Memon pursued journalism as a career after a chance job with Sportsweek magazine. -
Favourite team/sport
Cricket. Australia then, India now
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Did you know?
Apart from sports, Memon has covered two general elections. -
Programme credit
Did commentary for ESPN during Asia Cup (2004) and India v England ODIs (2004).
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Full Biography
Ayaz Memon has been covering cricket for over three decades and is among the most respected writers of our times. Through his exlusive pieces, he will capture the myriad moods of the IPL. With an eye for spotting the unusual and the flair to give it vivid expression, he will bring reader up close and personal with the tournament.
Memon has covered more than 100 Tests, 250-plus One-Day Internationals, six cricket World Cups, the Asian Games in 1990, the Commonwealth Games in 1998, and the football World Cup in 2006. In the course of his career, he has been witness to several momentous occasions in sporting history. He was at Lord's when India won the cricket World Cup. He was at the Sharjah stadium when Javed Miandad smashed the last ball from Chetan Sharma for six. He was at the Olympic stadium in Seoul when a drug-fuelled Ben Johnson burst to the 100m finish in 9.79 seconds, leaving Carl Lewis in his wake. He was at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore when Sunil Gavaskar made a heroic 96, in vain, in his final Test against Pakistan. He was also at the National Stadium in Karachi when a boy named Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut in 1989.
He has also written three books on cricket and co-authored one on the golden jubilee of India's independence, India 50: The Making Of A Nation.
