Billy Ibadulla was invited by the BLACKCAPS to hand out the caps on the eve of the first Test against South Africa at University Oval in Dunedin.
The former Pakistan and Otago described it as a ‘huge honour’ that ranked alongside his queen’s birthday honour and book dedication by Glenn Turner.
Khalid “Billy” Ibadulla
Billy played four Test matches for Pakistan in the 1960’s before a long career with Warwickshire and short stints with Otago and Tasmania. In a First-Class career spanning 18 years he struck 17,078 runs and claimed 462 wickets. Billy moved to New Zealand in 1976 where he became heavily involved in coaching, including working with the likes of Glenn Turner, Ken Rutherford, Chris Cairns and more recently Brendon McCullum.
