Former Zimbabwe captain and veteran all-rounder Heath Streak passed away yesterday at the age of 49. He was suffering from cancer for a long time. Streak has played 65 Tests and 189 ODIs for Zimbabwe in international cricket. Streak had colon and liver cancer and was undergoing treatment in South Africa.
Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak passes away at 49
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Heath's streak took a total of 216 wickets in Test cricket
Playing as an all-rounder in international cricket, Heath Streak has taken a total of 216 wickets in Test cricket. Meanwhile, he has taken 4 wickets in an innings 16 times and 5 wickets in an innings 7 times. Apart from this, Heath's streak with the ball has also been seen in ODI cricket. Heath's streak has taken 239 wickets at an average of 29.82 in the 50-over format. Meanwhile, he has taken 4 wickets in one innings and 5 wickets once in his ODI career. If we look at Heath's streak with the bat, he has 1990 runs in Tests and 2943 runs in ODIs. Streak has scored 1 century and 11 fifties in Tests. Apart from this, he has scored 13 fifties in ODIs.
The captaincy record was something like this
The Zimbabwe Cricket Board appointed Heath Streak as the captain of both the Test and ODI teams in the year 2000. Under Streak's captaincy, Zimbabwe won 4 out of 21 Test matches while losing 11. And 6 matches ended in draws. Streak captained the team in 68 matches in ODIs and lost 47 of them, the team won 18 matches. Following Streak's demise, many former and current players have remembered him through tweets, including Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
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