Kassem Ibadulla

{{Short description|Info on Kassem Ben Khaldi Ibadulla}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Kassem Ibadulla

| country = New Zealand

| fullname = Kassem Ben Khalid Ibadulla

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|10|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

| family = Billy Ibadulla (father)

| club3 = Gloucestershire

| year3 = 1987–1989

| club2 = Cheshire

| year2 = 1985

| club1 = Otago

| year1 = {{nowrap|1982/83–1990/91}}

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 31

| runs1 = 1,131

| bat avg1 = 26.92

| 100s/50s1 = 2/4

| top score1 = 107

| deliveries1 = 2,452

| wickets1 = 29

| bowl avg1 = 44.48

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/22

| catches/stumpings1 = 14/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 19

| runs2 = 184

| bat avg2 = 12.26

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 29

| deliveries2 = 318

| wickets2 = 5

| bowl avg2 = 46.60

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 3/32

| catches/stumpings2 = 1/–

| date = 13 October

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15407.html Cricinfo

}}

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.{{Cite web|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/where-are-they-now-billy-ibadulla-1379564.html|title = Where are they now?: Billy Ibadulla|website = Independent.co.uk|date = 18 September 2011|access-date = 20 May 2019|archive-date = 15 February 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200215154325/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/where-are-they-now-billy-ibadulla-1379564.html|url-status = live}} He moved to New Zealand with his father in 1976.{{cite web|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/39829/billy-ibadulla-straight-talking-cricket-mentor|title=Billy Ibadulla: straight-talking cricket mentor|last=Seconi|first=Adrian|date=17 January 2009|work=Otago Daily Times |accessdate=13 October 2011|archive-date=9 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609003431/http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/dunedin/39829/billy-ibadulla-straight-talking-cricket-mentor|url-status=live}} He played for Otago at Under-19 level,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11155/Other_matches.html|title=Other matches played by Kassem Ibadulla|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011|archive-date=7 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707083207/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11155/Other_matches.html|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11155/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Kassem Ibadulla|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011|archive-date=9 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009025153/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11155/First-Class_Matches.html|url-status=live}} He played in England in 1985 for Cheshire, making eight appearances in that seasons Minor Counties Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11155/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Kassem Ibadulla|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011|archive-date=9 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009025213/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11155/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11155/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Kassem Ibadulla|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011|archive-date=9 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009025157/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11155/List_A_Matches.html|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11155/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Kassem Ibadulla|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307041511/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11155/f_Batting_by_Team.html|url-status=live}} This score, which was his only first-class half century for Gloucestershire, came against Kent in the 1988 County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/50/50446.html|title=Gloucestershire v Kent, 1988 County Championship|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011|archive-date=3 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203173520/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/50/50446.html|url-status=live}} He took 7 wickets with the ball, at a bowling average of 42.71, with best figures of 3/37.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11155/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Kassem Ibadulla|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011}}

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. 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. This score, one of two centuries he made for Otago, came against Central Districts in 1988.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/49/49488.html|title=Central Districts v Otago, 1987/88 Shell Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011|archive-date=20 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620094228/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/49/49488.html|url-status=live}} With the ball, he took 22 wickets at an average of 45.04, with best figures of 5/22. His only five-wicket haul came against Canterbury in his second match for Otago in the 1982/83 Shell Trophy.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/43/43198.html|title=Otago v Canterbury, 1982/83 Shell Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011|archive-date=1 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201215556/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/43/43198.html|url-status=live}} 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. He scored 155 runs in his fifteen matches, which came at an average of 11.92, with a high score of 29.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11155/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=ListA Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Kassem Ibadulla|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305141652/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11155/a_Batting_by_Team.html|url-status=live}} With the ball, he took 5 wickets at an average of 39.40, with best figures of 3/32.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11155/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Kassem Ibadulla|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304222110/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11155/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|url-status=live}}