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| name = Ayaz Memon<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|08|03|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]], [[U.S.]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| other_names = Cricket Wallah, Silver Fox (given by [[Ravi Shastri]])<br />
| occupation = Journalist, Writer, Columnist, Author<br />
| years_active = 1980–present<br />
| spouse = Ambreen Memon<br />
}}<br />
'''Ayaz Memon''' (born 3 August 1955) is an Indian sports writer, journalist, columnist, author and lawyer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.biographydb.com/profile.php?bio=Ayaz_Memon|title=Find out everything about Ayaz Memon - BiographyDb|website=www.biographydb.com|access-date=2016-05-12}}</ref> He was born in [[Bridgeport, Connecticut]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nettv4u.com/celebrity/hindi/journalist/ayaz-memon|title=Hindi Journalist Ayaz Memon {{!}} Nettv4u|website=nettv4u|access-date=2016-05-13}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Ayaz is a graduate in economics and law from [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]].<ref name=":0" /> He started his career as sports writer and went on to edit newspapers like [[Mid-Day]], [[Bombay Times]] and [[Daily News and Analysis|DNA]] apart from being editor of Sportsweek magazine and sports editor of the [[The Times of India|Times of India]] and the Independent at various stages.<ref name=":0" /> His passion for cricket influenced his decision not to follow in his father’s footsteps as a [[lawyer]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://rise.mahindra.com/author/ayaz-memon/|title=Ayaz Memon|website=rise.mahindra.com|access-date=2016-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504035906/http://rise.mahindra.com/author/ayaz-memon/|archive-date=2016-05-04|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
After graduating in economics and law from [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]], Ayaz pursued journalism as a career after a chance job with Sportsweek magazine in 1978 while still at law school.<ref name=":1" /> He went on to edit newspapers like [[Mid-Day]], [[Bombay Times]] and [[Daily News and Analysis|DNA]] apart from being editor of Sportsweek magazine and sports editor of the [[The Times of India|Times of India]] and the Independent at various stages. He is now consulting editor with [[NewsX]] and a columnist with [[Hindustan Times]], [[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]], [[Mail Today]], [[Deccan Chronicle]] and occasionally Times of India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibg.org.in/ayaz-menon.html|title=IBG:: India Business Group|website=www.ibg.org.in|access-date=2016-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610022110/http://www.ibg.org.in/ayaz-menon.html|archive-date=2016-06-10|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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In the course of his career Ayaz has covered over 300 [[Test cricket|Test]] matches and more than 400 [[One Day International|One-Day Internationals]] all over the world. He has also covered 9 [[Cricket World Cup]]s, the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Olympics]], [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] in 1991 and 1993, the 1998 and 2010 [[Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth]] Games and the 1990 [[Asian Games]].<ref name=":0" /> He also covered the [[2015 Cricket World Cup Final]] on [[The Huffington Post|Huffingston Post]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/ayaz-memon/|title=Ayaz Memon|website=www.huffingtonpost.in|access-date=2016-05-12}}</ref><br />
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Ayaz Memon's presence in electronic media can be seen through his [[Twitter]] account ''@cricketwallah.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/cricketwallah?ref_src=twsrc%255Egoogle%257Ctwcamp%255Eserp%257Ctwgr%255Eauthor|title=Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) {{!}} Twitter|website=twitter.com|access-date=2016-05-13}}</ref> He currently does shows such as [[Firstpost]] Gameplan where he reviews the [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] matches. Recently, Ayaz has teamed up with a media agency named DigiOsmosis and is starting a sports website named 'Sportswallah.com'. Ayaz also does a daily news FB live bulletin with Sportswallah which can be seen on the 'Sportswallah' FB page.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/tag/ayaz-memon|title=Ayaz Memon Archives - Firstpost|website=Firstpost|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-12}}</ref> He is also working on an illustrated history of Indian cricket and a script for a film project based on sports and politics in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/india/ayaz_memon_archive.html|title=Ayaz Memon Archive|website=NBA.com|access-date=2016-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805093232/http://www.nba.com/india/ayaz_memon_archive.html|archive-date=2016-08-05|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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He is one of the few people to have watched Kapil Dev's 175*(138) in India vs Zimbabwe in the [[1983 Cricket World Cup]] live. The crowd size was around 15-20 people and the [[BBC]] didn't film or record the match as they were on a single day strike, making him one of the few eye-witnesses of the legendary match.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ytHEQvEC5mjVWgycVGrsm|title=Ayaz Memon on Journalism & World Cups on ''22 Yarns with Gaurav Kapur''|website=Spotify|access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref><br />
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== Books ==<br />
Ayaz has also authored or co-authored several books such as the Wills Book of Excellence on One-Day Cricket to coincide with the World Cup, Wills Book of Excellence on One-Day Cricket again for the World Cup, Thunder Down Under, about the 1991-92 World Cup, The Best in the World: India’s Ten Greatest World Cup Matches, co-authored with actor and cricket enthusiast, [[Tom Alter]], 2003. He is currently working on an illustrated history of Indian cricket.<ref name=":0"/> Ayaz has recently written books such as [[Sachin Tendulkar]]: Master Blaster, [[Virat Kohli]]: Reliable Rebel, [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni|MS Dhoni]]: Captain Cool and [[Yuvraj Singh]]: Powerful Elegance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.co.in/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=ayaz+memon|title=ayaz memon - Google Search|website=www.google.co.in|access-date=2016-05-13}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Ayaz Memon is married to Ambreen Memon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://urbanasian.com/bollywood/2016/02/rahul-bose-and-the-foundation-give-you-the-idea-of-india/attachment/ayaz-memon-with-wife/|title=Ayaz Memon with wife|date=2016-02-21|website=UrbanAsian|language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430125931/http://urbanasian.com/bollywood/2016/02/rahul-bose-and-the-foundation-give-you-the-idea-of-india/attachment/ayaz-memon-with-wife/|archive-date=2016-04-30|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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