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| Full name | Kassem Ben Khalid Ibadulla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 October 1964 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Billy Ibadulla (father) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982/83–1990/91 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985 | Cheshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,13 October 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kassem Ben Khalid Ibadulla (born 13 October 1964) is an English-born former New Zealand professional cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born at Birmingham in England in 1964.
Ibadulla is the son of Test cricketer Billy Ibadulla and his German wife,Gertrude. [1] He moved to New Zealand with his father in 1976. [2] He played for Otago at Under-19 level, [3] before making his first-class debut for the team against Central Districts in the 1982/83 Shell Trophy. Ibadulla initially played infrequently for Otago,making just five appearances between 1983 and 1986. [4] He played in England in 1985 for Cheshire,making eight appearances in that seasons Minor Counties Championship. [5]
In 1987 he joined English county Gloucestershire,making his first-class debut for the county against a Rest of the World XI. In that same season he also made his List A debut against Nottinghamshire in the Refuge Assurance League. He played for Gloucestershire from 1987 to 1989,making nine first-class and four List A appearances. [4] [6] In his nine first-class appearances for the county,he scored 269 runs at an average of 24.45,with a high score of 77. [7] This score,which was his only first-class half century for Gloucestershire,came against Kent in the 1988 County Championship. [8] He took 7 wickets with the ball,at a bowling average of 42.71,with best figures of 3/37. [9]
Ibadulla continued to play for Otago during this period,toward the end of his career he became a more regular feature in the Otago side. He went on to make eighteen further first-class appearances for the team,the last of which came against Central Districts in the 1990/91 Shell Trophy. [4] He made a total of twenty-two first-class appearances for Otago,scoring 862 runs at an average of 27.80,with a high score of 107. [7] This score,one of two centuries he made for Otago,came against Central Districts in 1988. [10] With the ball,he took 22 wickets at an average of 45.04,with best figures of 5/22. [9] His only five-wicket haul came against Canterbury in his second match for Otago in the 1982/83 Shell Trophy. [11] He made his first List A appearance for Otago in 1987 when Queensland toured New Zealand. He made fourteen further List A appearances for the team,the last of which came against Central Districts in the 1990/91 Shell Cup. [6] He scored 155 runs in his fifteen matches,which came at an average of 11.92,with a high score of 29. [12] With the ball,he took 5 wickets at an average of 39.40,with best figures of 3/32. [13]