Hamza Tariq

Hamza Tariq (born July 21, 1990 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for the Canada national cricket team and who has also played for the Canada Under-19s team. Tariq performs as a wicketkeeper-batsman and has been described as "one of Canada's promising batsmen."[1] He was part of Canada's squad during the ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup. During the tournament, he was the target of a corrupt approach, which he reported to the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit.[2]

Hamza Tariq
Personal information
Born (1990-07-21) 21 July 1990
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman Wicketkeeper
International information
National side
ODI debut7 August 2011 v Afghanistan
Last ODI28 January 2014 v Netherlands
T20I debut (cap 39)15 March 2013 v Kenya
Last T20I27 October 2019 v UAE
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 7 3 6 11
Runs scored 116 26 203 193
Batting average 16.57 13.00 22.55 19.30
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/1
Top score 71 22 52 71
Balls bowled – – – –
Wickets – – – –
Bowling average – – – –
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling – – – –
Catches/stumpings 5/1 3/0 13/2 10/1
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 30 April 2020

In January 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[3]

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[4][5] In September 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament.[6] In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[7]

In August 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament.[8] In September 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament.[9] In October 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[10]

References
  1. "Hamza Tariq". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. "The story of a corrupt approach at the 2011 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  3. "Canadian squad for World Cricket League Division 2 tournament". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  5. "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  6. "Canadian National Cricket Squad for ICC Americas World T20 SRQ & Schedule". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  7. "Global T20 draft streamed live". Canada Cricket Online. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  8. "Squad selected for the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier - Americas Final 2019, Bermuda". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  9. "Canada squad for the ICC CWC Challenge League A, Malaysia". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  10. "Canadian squad for ICC T20 World Cup qualifier". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
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