Hamza Tariq


Hamza Tariq 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." 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.
In January 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.
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. In September 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier tournament. In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.
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. In September 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 Malaysia Cricket World Cup Challenge League A tournament. In October 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.