Tariq Munir Cheema (born 25 March 1947) is a former cricketer who played

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...

for numerous teams in

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from 1964 to 1976. An opening bowler, Tariq Cheema had his best season on his debut in 1964-65 at the age of 17. He was the second-highest wicket-taker in the

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, with 34 at an average of 15.85 for the student team of Lahore Education Board, who finished runners-up in the competition. In the victory over

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he took 6 for 62 and 7 for 58. He was a first-class and List A umpire in Pakistan from 1997-98 to 2003-04.

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