Legendary Zimbabwe cricketer Heath Streak passes away at age 49
Heath Streak was receiving treatment in South Africa after being identified as having colon and liver cancer, according to friends and family.
Legendary Zimbabwe cricketer Heath Streak passes away at age 49 after a protracted battle with cancer. After receiving a diagnosis of what friends and family members characterized as colon and liver cancer, he was receiving treatment in South Africa.
Sean Williams, the current captain of Zimbabwe, and Henry Olonga, a former fast bowler for Zimbabwe, expressed their sorrow and sympathies on the social networking site X (formerly known as Twitter). However, Streak’s family has not yet released a formal statement.
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Streaky 🥲
— Sean Williams (@sean14williams) August 22, 2023
No words can explain what you and your family have done for mine and many others
Our hearts our broken you leave behind a beautiful family and a legacy for us to live up to!
You will be missed we love you dearly
Rest in peace streaky 💔 pic.twitter.com/2sXz4WNqu7
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Heath Streak has moved over to the other side, which is sad news. R.I.P., @ZimCricketv legend. The best all-arounder we ever created. It was wonderful to play with you. When my bowling streak is over, see you on the other side,” remarked Olonga.
India all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin wrote: “Heath Streak is no more. Sad!! Really sad”.
Heath Streak is no more. Sad!! Really sad. #RIP
— Ashwin 🇮🇳 (@ashwinravi99) August 23, 2023
A review of Heath Streak’s professional life
The former captain of Zimbabwe played for his nation in 189 ODIs and 65 Tests. In both Tests and ODIs, he is still Zimbabwe’s all-time leading wicket-taker. The former right-arm bowler has 239 ODI and 216 Test wickets.
The first cricketer from Zimbabwe to record 100 wickets in both Tests and ODIs is Streak. The first cricketer from Zimbabwe to score 2000 runs and take 200 wickets in one-day internationals, he is also the only one to achieve the double of 100 Test wickets and 1000 Test runs.
The fearless all-rounder, who excelled at using the new ball, was also capable of hitting the ball hard in the lower middle order. This is demonstrated by his 2943 runs at an average of 28.29 in ODIs and 127* in Tests from 1990.
Streak made both his Test and One-Day International debuts in 1993, and after putting in solid work with both the bat and the ball, he was named captain of the team.
In 2001, he led Zimbabwe to a 2-1 triumph against New Zealand, giving the country its first-ever Test series victory abroad. The path he traveled as captain, however, was never easy.
He resigned from leadership because to disagreements about player quotas between senior players and the board, although he was later restored in 2002. As top players, including Olonga, staged a protest against the Zimbabwean government, he was presented with a fresh problem. In 2004, Streak once more resigned as captain following a dispute with the board.
Streak returned in 2005 and played his final Test match against India in September of that year before joining Warwickshire, an English county team.
In 2009, he was appointed the Zimbabwean team’s bowling coach. He served in that capacity until 2013. Between 2016 and 2018, he served as a member of the Zimbabwean team’s support staff for the second time. In 2018, he also worked as Kolkata Knight Riders’ IPL bowling coach.
Streak is one of just four Zimbabwean bowlers with over 100 ODI wickets and the first and only one to have over 100 Test wickets. In test cricket, he is the first and only Zimbabwean to have amassed a career total of 1000 runs and 100 wickets, and in one-day internationals, he is the first Zimbabwean to have amassed a total of 2000 runs and 200 wickets.[5] He held the record for taking the most five-wicket hauls by a Zimbabwean bowler in test cricket with seven in his test career