Heath Streak
Former Zimbabwe Captain and Bowler
Heath
Streak (16 March 1974 – 3 September 2023)
was a Zimbabwean cricketer and cricket coach who played for and captained the Zimbabwe national cricket team. He was the all time leading wicket taker for Zimbabwe in Test cricket with 216 wickets and
in ODI cricket with 239 wickets.
Streak remains the only Zimbabwean
cricketer to have taken over 100 Test wickets and completed the double of 2,000
runs and 200 wickets in ODIs. He was also one of only four Zimbabwean bowlers
to have taken over 100 ODI wickets. He holds the record for the most
five-wicket hauls by a Zimbabwean in Tests, having achieved the feat seven
times.
Streak was part of the 'golden era' of
Zimbabwe cricket between 1997 and 2002. His relationship with Zimbabwe Cricket soured
on several occasions during his international career, as well as during his
coaching career.
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On 11
May 2023, David Coltart, a Zimbabwean senator, announced that Streak was
"extremely ill". Media reports stated that Streak had been diagnosed
with Stage 4 colon and liver cancer, and was "on his
deathbed". On 23 August, amid reports that Streak had died of
cancer, former teammate Henry Olonga confirmed that Streak was alive. On 3
September 2023, Streak died from cancer at his farm in Matabeleland at age 49.
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