Early Wednesday morning, social media became abuzz with the rumours of Heath Streak dying after a battle with cancer at the age of 49.
Streak had represented Zimbabwe in 65 Tests and played 189 ODIs, and retired as the leading wicket-taker for the country in Tests with 216 wickets, and in ODIs with 239 scalps.
Streak was hospitalised in May after going down with colon and liver cancer.
Streak was part of Zimbabwe’s golden generation of cricketers between 1997 to 2002. In a career spanning over a decade, he scored a total of 4,933 runs and claimed 455 wickets across the two formats
“It was a pleasure playing with you. See you on the other side when my bowling spell comes to an end,” Streak’s former teammate and fast bowler Henry Olonga posted on micro-blogging platform ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter) while current Zimbabwe captain also paid tribute to the one the finest allrounders the game has seen