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{{Short description|Canadian cricketer (born 1978)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Rizwan Cheema
| image = RizwanCheema.jpg
| country = Canada
| full_name = Rizwan Ahmed Cheema
| nickname = Cheema
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|8|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Gujrat city|Gujrat]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right arm medium
| role = [[All-rounder]]
| family =
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2008–2019

| odidebutdate = 18 August
| odidebutyear = 2008
| odidebutagainst = Bermuda
| odicap = 61
| lastodidate = 6 September
| lastodiyear = 2010
| lastodiagainst = Ireland

| T20Idebutdate = 10 October
| T20Idebutyear = 2008
| T20Idebutagainst = Pakistan
| T20Icap = 19
| lastT20Idate = 24 October
| lastT20Iyear = 2019
| lastT20Iagainst = Hong Kong

| club1 = [[Duronto Rajshahi]]
| year1 = 2012
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = Capricorn Commanders
| year2 = 2016
| clubnumber2 =
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[One Day International|ODIs]]
| matches1 = 33
| runs1 = 764
| bat avg1 = 24.64
| 100s/50s1 = 0/6
| top score1 = 94
| deliveries1 = 1,330
| wickets1 = 32
| bowl avg1 = 34.21
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/25
| catches/stumpings1 = 15/–
| column2 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches2 = 16
| runs2 = 238
| bat avg2 = 15.86
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1
| top score2 = 68
| deliveries2 = 300
| wickets2 = 9
| bowl avg2 = 42.44
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 2/19
| catches/stumpings2 = 8/–
| date = 28 April 2020
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/canada/content/player/361952.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Rizwan Ahmed Cheema''' (born 15 August 1978) is a former [[cricketer]] of the [[Canadian cricket team]].<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/361952.html |title=Rizwan Cheema|accessdate=28 April 2020 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Cheema is a big-hitting batsman who also bowls some medium pace.<ref name="Sarwat">{{cite web |last1=Sarwat |first1=Faraz |title=''Hitting sixes is never a problem for me'' |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/662717.html |website=ESPN Cricinfo |accessdate=11 February 2019 |date=17 August 2013}}</ref>

==Early career==

He was born in [[Jat Muslim|Muslim Jat]] family in Pakistan. Cheema moved to Canada in the early 2000s and had only ever played cricket at club level but his heavy hitting caught attention in the [[Toronto and District Cricket Association]] league.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cricclubs.com/TDCA/viewPlayer.do?playerId=1368086&clubId=1809 | title=Rizwan Cheema - Toronto District Cricket Association | access-date=28 November 2022 | archive-date=11 December 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211163347/https://cricclubs.com/TDCA/viewPlayer.do?playerId=1368086&clubId=1809 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Domestic and T20 franchise career==

He turned in a noteworthy season in 2005, scoring 627 runs in 14 matches at just under 50, and taking 24 wickets at 13.12.

After a disappointing 2006, Cheema established himself as the league's most dangerous batsman the following year with two big hundreds, a 161 off 61 balls with eight fours and 15 sixes and a 145 with 15 fours and nine sixes.

In 2010, Canada was included in [[Caribbean T20]], the T20 tournament in the West Indies. Due to [[Ashish Bagai]]’s injury, Cheema was named as captain for the tournament which also involves seven teams from the Caribbean.

His Canadian team surprised everyone by winning a stirring encounter with England domestic Twenty20 Champions [[Hampshire|Hampshire cricket club]].

He has also made the shortlist for the 2010 [[Indian Premier League|IPL]] contract auction; he is one of 51 people to do so from an original list of 97.

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Winnipeg Hawks in the players' draft for the [[2018 Global T20 Canada|inaugural edition]] of the [[Global T20 Canada]] tournament.<ref name="Squads2">{{cite web|url=https://www.crictracker.com/global-t20-canada-league-full-squads-announced/ |title=Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced |work=CricTracker |date=4 June 2018 |accessdate=4 June 2018}}</ref> In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights franchise team in the [[2019 Global T20 Canada]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadacricket.com/?p=12755 |title=Global T20 draft streamed live |work=Canada Cricket Online |date=20 June 2019 |accessdate=20 June 2019}}</ref> In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the [[Major League Cricket#Minor League Cricket|Minor League Cricket]] tournament in the United States following the players' draft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usacricket.org/media-release/all-27-teams-complete-initial-roster-selection-following-minor-league-cricket-draft/ |title=All 27 Teams Complete Initial Roster Selection Following Minor League Cricket Draft |work=USA Cricket |date=10 June 2021 |access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref>

==International career==

Cheema made his international debut at the age of 30 in the Scotia Bank ODI series in [[King City, Ontario|King City]], [[Ontario]] in August 2008.

Cheema came to notice with a 61-ball 89 against West Indies in his second ODI and in the same match also took 3 for 31 in 10 overs which was over shadowed by [[West Indies|West Indies cricket team]]'s 303 for 4 which includes century by [[Xavier Marshall]]. He followed that up with 61 off 45 balls against the same opposition two days later.

He narrowly misses out in a maiden ODI hundred against [[Netherlands|Netherlands cricket team]] in July 2009. Later that month Cheema was one of six players awarded central contracts as [[Cricket Canada]] sought to professionalise its structures.

His in ODI is 114.94 which is the top ten list of the highest number of strike rate.
In the Canada T20 tournament, in October 2008, he hit ten sixes, more than either [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] or [[Shahid Afridi]] and was his team's top run-getter, averaging over 60 in the series. He scored 68 off 43 balls against Sri Lanka in his third game.

Cheema was one of the four, Canadian Cricketer who face visa problem before the World Cup. Cheema hit a fluent 93 from 70 balls from No. 7 at [[Fatullah]] in a warm cup game against England.

In September 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the [[2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Americas Qualifier]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketcanada.org/canadian-national-cricket-squad-for-icc-americas-world-t20-srq/ |title=Canadian National Cricket Squad for ICC Americas World T20 SRQ & Schedule |work=Cricket Canada |accessdate=24 September 2018 |archive-date=24 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424074643/https://cricketcanada.org/canadian-national-cricket-squad-for-icc-americas-world-t20-srq/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In August 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the [[2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier#Regional Finals|Regional Finals]] of the [[2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketcanada.org/news-single?nid=34 |title=Squad selected for the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier - Americas Final 2019, Bermuda |work=Cricket Canada |accessdate=10 August 2019 |archive-date=10 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110130101/https://cricketcanada.org/news-single?nid=34 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the [[2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier]] tournament in the United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketcanada.org/news-single?nid=53 |title=Canadian squad for ICC T20 World Cup qualifier |work=Cricket Canada |accessdate=9 October 2019 |archive-date=7 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807151336/https://cricketcanada.org/news-single?nid=53 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Captaincy career==

Cheema was named [[Ashish Bagai]]’s deputy for the Canada Tour of Sri Lanka in 2009.
He was appointed captain of the national side for the ICC America's Division One Championship 2009/10 in [[Bermuda]] in Ashish Bagai's absence that has been rested ahead of what is to be a gruelling push to the [[2011 Cricket World Cup]].

He was appointed as full-time captain of Canada in 2012 where he leads them in [[2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier]] in [[UAE]] where Canada finish Sixth in the tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-twenty20-qualifier-2011-12-532912/canada-vs-scotland-68th-match-5th-place-play-off-546473/live-cricket-score|title=Scotland beat Canada Scotland won by 4 wickets (with 0 balls remaining) - Canada vs Scotland, ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 68th Match, 5th Place Play-off Match Summary, Report | ESPNcricinfo.com|website=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=29 March 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=361952}}

{{Canada ODI cricket captains}}
{{Canada T20I Cricket Captains}}
{{Canada 2011 Cricket World Cup squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheema, Rizwan}}
[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Canadian cricketers]]
[[Category:Canada One Day International cricketers]]
[[Category:Canada Twenty20 International cricketers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Pakistani emigrants to Canada]]
[[Category:Naturalized citizens of Canada]]
[[Category:Cricketers at the 2011 Cricket World Cup]]
[[Category:Rajshahi Royals cricketers]]
[[Category:Expatriate cricketers in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Gujrat]]
[[Category:Pakistani cricketers]]
[[Category:Canadian sportspeople of Pakistani descent]]

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