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Sunday, November 22, 2009

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Ayaz Memon
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Ayaz Memon, editor-at-large

Ayaz Memon has been a journalist for more than 30 years writing on sports, politics, cinema, etc. After graduating in economics and law, Memon pursued journalism as a career after a chance job with Sportsweek magazine in 1978 while still at law school. A passion for sports -- cricket, in particular -- influenced his decision not to follow in his father's footsteps as a lawyer.

Memon rose quickly from the ranks to become the editor of Sportsweek in 1986. He also became sports editor of The Independent, editor of Mid-Day (1993-2000), editor of Bombay Times, and national sports editor of The Times of India (2000-2005). He has been with DNA since the paper was launched in 2005.

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.

Apart from sports, Memon has covered two general elections and interviewed leading lights from the political, entertainment, and business arenas. He has also written three books on cricket and co-authored one with Ranjona Banerji on the golden jubilee of India's independence, India 50: The Making Of A Nation.

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Shame if Pak cricket is thrown into neglect

The torment was unmistakable in Younus Khan’s appeal to the cricket world to come and play in Pakistan after the Twenty20 triumph.
June 23, 2009

Do we need no education?

Philosopher and iconoclast Bertrand Rusell would not hide his contempt for formal education.
June 14, 2009

Skinny on ‘real’ team spirit, Dhoni?

This revealed hypersensitivity, not strength. If the story is rubbish, it deserved contempt and should be ignored; if true, no amount of strutting 'team spirit' is a solution.
June 7, 2009

India have the world to play for

Where the Indian captain’s confidence should soar is because of the talent at his disposal. It’s a young side with not a single player over 30.
June 4, 2009

C’mon Aussie C’mon

For the most part, though, I have found them to be hardy, blunt, obsessed by the outdoors, win-at-all-costs people, but also warm and generally free of hang-ups.
May 31, 2009

The irony of it all: Bitter for Kumble, sweet for Gilchrist

But where there are losers, there will always be winners, and while sport can sometimes be cruel, it oftentimes throws up delightful surprises too.
May 25, 2009

After Kumble & Gilly, it’s Dravid now

They are hogging the limelight in a format that almost every critic believed would sound their death knell.
May 24, 2009

Hard work for the UPA begins now

It would be naive, of course, to accept that the apparent catholicity of the Gandhis is intrinsic and necessarily faith-based.
May 24, 2009

Gilly’s genius remains intact

Gilchrist was easily the greatest wicket-keeper batsman in the history of the game till he retired last year.
May 23, 2009

Kumble stands out like Colossus

For my money, the hero of the IPL tournament yet has been the hard working, understated, but hugely effective Anil Kumble.
May 22, 2009

Chris Gayle strikes a raw nerve

Instant gratification for fans and unprecedented wealth for players could make Twenty20 overwhelm Test cricket within no time.
May 15, 2009
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