Hamza Tariq

Hamza Tariq (born July 21, 1990) is a Pakistani-born Canadian cricketer. He plays as wicketkeeper batsman for the Canada national cricket team and made his debut in 2011. He has also played franchise cricket in the Caribbean Premier League and Global T20 Canada.

Hamza Tariq

Personal information
Born	(1990-07-21) 21 July 1990 (age 34) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Batsman Wicketkeeper
International information
National side	Canada (2011-2022)
ODI debut (cap 74)	7 August 2011 v Afghanistan
Last ODI	28 January 2014 v Netherlands
T20I debut (cap 39)	15 March 2013 v Kenya
Last T20I	24 February 2022 v Bahrain
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, 24 February 2022

Personal life

Tariq was born in Karachi, Pakistan.^[1] His family immigrated to Canada when he was 12 years old.^[2] He began playing cricket in Calgary, Alberta, at the age of 15.^[3] As of 2016 he was an accounting student at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.^[2]

International career

Tariq played two games for the Canada Under-19s at the 2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.^[1]

He was part of Canada's squad for the 2011 Cricket World Cup in India, but did not play any games at the tournament. During the tournament in India, he was the target of a corrupt approach, which he reported to the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit.^[4]

In January 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.^[5]

In September 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament.^[6]

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.^[7] In September 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament.^[8] In October 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.^[9]

In October 2021, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier tournament in Antigua.^[10] In February 2022, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Global Qualifier A tournament in Oman.^[11]

Franchise career

Tariq was drafted by the Trinbago Knight Riders for the 2016 Caribbean Premier League.^[12] He scored a "crucial" 18 runs in the team's victory over St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the final of the 2017 Caribbean Premier League.^[13]

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.^[14][15] In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.^[16] In the 2023 Global T20 Canada tournament, Tariq was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals team.^[17]

References

1. "Hamza Tariq". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
2. Brown, Andrew (12 February 2016). "Hamza Tariq set to play in Caribbean Premier League". CBC News. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
3. Platt, Michael (15 February 2016). "Calgary cricket star headed to big leagues". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
4. "The story of a corrupt approach at the 2011 World Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
5. "Canadian squad for World Cricket League Division 2 tournament". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 15 January 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. "Squad selected for the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier - Americas Final 2019, Bermuda". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
8. "Canada squad for the ICC CWC Challenge League A, Malaysia". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
9. "Canadian squad for ICC T20 World Cup qualifier". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 7 August 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
10. "Canada's national squad for ICC 2022 Men's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
11. "Canada's ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier, Oman 2022 squad announced!". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
12. Matadeen, Renaldo (19 July 2016). "Canadian dreams of making CPL T20 debut". Newsday. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
13. Della Penna, Peter (10 September 2017). "Cooper assault takes Knight Riders to second CPL title". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
14. "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
15. "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
16. "Global T20 draft streamed live". Canada Cricket Online. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
17. "GT20 Canada 2023: Toronto Nationals complete player list". SportsKeeda.com. Retrieved 21 July 2023.

External links

• Hamza Tariq at ESPNCricinfo