Kashif Ibrahim (born 16 November 1977) is a former Pakistani

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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

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former ...

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. Ibrahim made his first-class debut for

Karachi Whites Karachi cricket teams competed in the Pakistani first-class cricket tournaments the Patron's Trophy and Quaid-e-Azam Trophy from 1953-54 to 2018-19. Beginning with the 2019-20 season, the city of Karachi has been represented in the Quaid-e-Aza ...

against

Rawalpindi Rawalpindi ( or ; Urdu, ) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad, and third largest in Punjab after Lahore and Faisalabad. Rawalpindi is next to Pakistan's ...

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

in a single and

Karachi Blues Karachi cricket teams competed in the Pakistani first-class cricket tournaments the Patron's Trophy and Quaid-e-Azam Trophy from 1953-54 to 2018-19. Beginning with the 2019-20 season, the city of Karachi has been represented in the Quaid-e-Azam Tr ...

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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