Khalid Ibadulla Cricketer

Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla is a former Pakistani cricketer and TVNZ cricket commentator. He played in four Tests between 1964 and 1967. Most of his cricket was played for Warwickshire, for whom he appeared between 1954 and 1972. He moved to New Zealand in 1976, and in 1980 was living in Dunedin, coaching cricketers. He has coached some of New Zealand's top cricketers, including Glenn Turner, Ken Rutherford and Chris Cairns. Ibadulla is the subject of a long-running error in the Wisden records section. He was out handled the ball at Courtaulds, Coventry in 1963 when playing for Warwickshire against Hampshire and not obstructing the field as reported in the 1964 Wisden's report of the game and then repeated in the records section from 1967 until 2010. An erratum is scheduled to appear in the 2011 edition. He also taught briefly at St Dunstan's College in London, as a Physical Education teacher in the early 70's

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 20, 1935
Birth place
Punjab Province (British India) , Lahore , British Raj

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