Billy Ibadulla

Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla (born 20 December 1935, Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer and TVNZ cricket commentator. He played in four Tests between 1964 and 1967.

After a few matches in Pakistan, where he made his first-class debut at the age of 16, he played most of his cricket as a professional for Warwickshire, for whom he appeared between 1954 and 1972, mostly as an opening batsman. He made 1000 runs in a season six times, with a highest tally of 2098 runs in 1962. His top score was 171, against Oxford University in 1961.

On a flat Oval pitch in 1960 he scored an unbeaten 170 for Warwickshire against Surrey, and put on 377 with Norman Horner for the first wicket on the first day, then the highest unbroken opening partnership in cricket history.

He was also a useful and economical medium-pace bowler, with a best analysis of 7 for 22 against Derbyshire in 1967.

He played for Otago from 1964–65 to 1966–67, and moved to New Zealand in 1976, living in Dunedin and working as a cricket coach.

Although he had not played domestic first-class cricket in Pakistan for more than 10 years, Ibadulla was selected to play in the single Test against the visiting Australians in Karachi in 1964–65. Opening the batting, he batted throughout the first day's play, dismissed on stumps for 166 in five and a half hours. The opening partnership of 249 with Abdul Kadir (95) is the highest in Test cricket for any wicket to involve two test debutants.

He declined an invitation to go on the subsequent tour of Australia and New Zealand, as the Pakistan authorities were unable to offer him the professional rates he was accustomed to, and he spent the time playing for Otago and coaching. He made 43 and 102 not out and took four wickets for Otago when they played the Pakistanis, and was later called up by Pakistan for the Third Test, making 28 and 9.