He had advanced colon and liver cancer, and is survived by his wife Nadine and four children
\nHeath Streak, the cricket legend and former Zimbabwe captain, has died at the age of 49 on Sunday after a long battle with colon and liver cancer at his farm in Matabeleland in southwestern Zimbabwe.
\nStreak\u2019s family spokesperson and a former Zimbabwe international, John Rennie, confirmed the fast-bowler\u2019s death saying: \u201cHe passed away in the early hours of the morning at his farm at Matabeleland.
\n\u201cHe was surrounded by his family and loved ones. He died peacefully after a long fight with cancer\u2026\u201d Rennie said.
\nLast week, Henry Olonga, a former teammate of Streak, mistakenly announced the death of his friend on X, formerly known as Twitter, paying him a tribute.
\nHowever, soon after, Olonga and Streak both acknowledged that the news was false and that Streak was \u201cvery much alive.\u201dOlonga later apologised as well.
\nOne of the most well-known players in Zimbabwean cricket, Streak, was penalised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2021 with an eight-year suspension for breaking the anti-corruption rule in 2018.
\nWith 216 test wickets and 239 one-day wickets, Streak, one of Zimbabwe\u2019s finest cricketers, came in second.
\nAfter retiring from international play, he coached a number of international teams, including Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, as well as several Indian Premier League (IPL) teams, including Kolkata Knight Riders and the now-defunct Rajkot team.
\nAdditionally, he was the first Zimbabwe cricketer to record 100 wickets in both Tests and ODIs during his playing career and also the only player from his nation to win 200 ODI wickets and score 2000 runs.
\nStreak is also the only one to complete the double of 100 Test wickets and 1000 Test runs.
\nIn 1993, Streak made his Test and ODI debuts and in the 1999\u20132000 season, he was named the team\u2019s captain.
\nHis wife, Nadine Streak, paid a touching tribute to her beloved husband as she announced his demise on Facebook.
\nShe said: \u201cIn the early hours of this morning, Sunday the 3rd of September 2023, the greatest love of my life and the father of my beautiful children, was carried to be with the Angels from his home where he wished to spend his last days surrounded by his family and closest loved ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
He had advanced colon and liver cancer, and is survived by his wife Nadine and four children Heath Streak, the cricket legend and former Zimbabwe captain, has died at the age of 49 on Sunday after a long battle with colon and liver cancer at his farm in Matabeleland in southwestern Zimbabwe. Streak\u2019s family spokesperson […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":353670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-353650","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n