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Ian Austen

Ian Austen is a Windsor-born journalist.  He is best known as a Canadian news correspondent for the New York Times (NYT), a position he has held since 2004.

Austen was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario.

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As a young adult, he attended Ryerson University in Toronto and shortly thereafter began a career in print journalism. Austen wrote freelance for Canadian Business Magazine, and was a senior writer for Southam News and the Financial Times of Canada (defunct). Austen was also a staff writer at Maclean’s magazine, and has worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as an analyst on the technology industry. In 2004, Austen became a Canadian correspondent for the NYT and he currently reports from his Ottawa-based office.

Austen has lived in Ottawa since 1989.  In his spare time, Austen is a cycling enthusiast and is a member of the Ottawa Bicycle Club.

Sources:

“Ian Austen.”New York Times (n.d.).

“Ian Austen (Canada).” Toronto International Festival of Authors (2019).

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Full Name

Ian David Austin

Born

May 30, 1966, Haslingden, Lancashire

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

With a waistline somewhere between Billy Bunter and Friar Tuck, Austin was an unlikely sporting figure. His approach to the wicket wasn't exactly threatening either - he trundled in with short, rhythmic strides - but he was accurate and could move the ball off the seam. Former Lancashire team-mate Wasim Akram once said that Austin's blockhole delivery - which denies the batsmen any room at the end of a one-day innings - was one of the best of its kind in the world. Austin batted left-handed, and liked to thump the ball back over the bowler's head and cover-drive with minimal foot movement. England picked him for their one-day side in 1998, and although he struggled that winter in Sharjah, many believed he would be England's tr

Ian Austin (cricketer)

English cricketer

Ian David Austin (born 30 May 1966) is a retired English first-class cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Lancashire County Cricket Club in 1987 (having played a single Sunday League match for them the previous season) and remained with that county for his entire career, scoring 3,778 runs at 27.98 and taking 262 wickets at 30.35 with his medium-pace seamers in his 124 matches. He also took 363 wickets in List A cricket.

Enormously popular with the Lancashire crowd thanks to his uncomplicated batting style and equally old-fashioned waistline, his most successful period came towards the end of his career. In 1998, he helped his county to both NatWest Trophy and Sunday League success, winning the man of the match award in the final of the former.[1] He then made his One Day International debut against Sri Lanka later in the summer. For these performances he was made one of 1999's Wisden Cricketers of the Year.

Austin was selected for the 1999 World Cup squad, and opened the bowling with Darren Gough in England's op

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