Kabir Ali

Kabir Ali
Ali in 2024
Personal information
Born (1980-11-24) 24 November 1980 (age 43)
Moseley, Birmingham, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
RelationsKadeer Ali (Cousin)
Moeen Ali (Cousin)
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 615)21 August 2003 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 179)1 July 2003 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI1 July 2006 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999–2009Worcestershire (squad no. 15)
2006/07Rajasthan (squad no. 00)
2010–2012Hampshire (squad no. 33)
2012–2013Barisal Burners
2013–2014Lancashire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 1 14 137 175
Runs scored 10 93 2,755 1,251
Batting average 5.00 15.50 17.00 15.63
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/7 0/4
Top score 9 39* 84* 92
Balls bowled 216 673 23,005 7,416
Wickets 5 20 500 261
Bowling average 27.20 34.10 27.46 24.91
5 wickets in innings 0 0 23 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 4 0
Best bowling 3/80 4/45 8/50 5/36
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 33/– 31/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 14 July 2016

Kabir Ali (born 24 November 1980) is an English former cricketer. A right-arm seam bowler and useful lower-order right-handed batsman, he played one Test match for England in 2003, while also earning 14 ODI caps between 2003 and 2006.

He started his playing career in 1999 at Worcestershire, spending 12 years in the first-team squad, before stints at Hampshire and Lancashire, where he retired in 2015. He is the first cousin of fellow cricketers Kadeer Ali and Moeen Ali, both of whom used to play alongside Kabir for Worcestershire, and is currently employed as the assistant coach of Yorkshire.