Kashif Ibrahim (born 16 November 1977) is a former

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er. Ibrahim was a right-handed

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who bowled right-arm

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. He was born at

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. Ibrahim made his first-class debut for

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against

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in 1996/97 season. Ibrahim represented Karachi Whites in 17 first-class matches,

in a single and

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in 3. He also represented

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in 9 first-class matches between 1999/00. In final first-class match came in the 2000/01 season for Karachi Whites against Rawalpindi. In total, from 1996/97 to 2000/01 he played 30 first-class matches. In these matches he scored a total of 447 runs at a

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of 16.44, with high score of 48. With the ball he took 74 wickets at a

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of 27.14, with 5

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s, one of which resulted in his best figures of 5/25. Ibrahim also made his debut in

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for Karachi Blues in the 1996/97 season against

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. Ibrahim represented the 3 Karachi teams in List A cricket 11 times from the 1996/97 to 1998/99 season. In addition, he also represented Pakistan National Shipping Corporation in 4 matches during the 1999/00 season. His final List-A match in Pakistan came for the Corporation against

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in September 1999. During the

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, Ibrahim played a 2 List A matches for the

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in the

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against

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. and

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,Sussex Cricket Board v Berkshire, 2000 NatWest Trophy
/ref> which marked his final List A match. In his total of 17 List A matches, he scored 226 runs at an average of 45.20, with a 2 half centuries and a high score of 63. With the ball he took 22 wickets at an average of 28.45, with a best figures of 3/28.

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