# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-ward
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:10:33.260Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-ward"
name: "Ian Ward"
slug: "ian-ward"
description: "Ian James Ward is a British broadcaster and former professional cricketer. A left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium bowler for Surrey and Sussex, Ward played 5 times for the England Test team all in 2001 under the captaincy of future Sky sports colleague Nasser Hussain. Since retiring from professional cricket in 2005, he has worked for Sky Sports as a cricket commentator and presenter."
tagline: "English cricketer (born 1972)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
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profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1972-09-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             25
  historical:           6.047829333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ایان وارڈ (کرکٹ کھلاڑی)"
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    title: "ইয়ান ওয়ার্ড"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian Ward (cricketer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "இயன் வார்ட்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump