Heath Streak Passes Away at 49: Wife Nadine Confirms on Social Media, Henry Olonga Reacts

Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak, aged 49, passed away on Sunday morning. A couple of weeks ago, the false news of his death took over social media with his former teammate Henry Olonga later issuing an apology for sharing the unverified news. However, on Sunday morning, the former cricketer’s wife confirmed his demise in a Facebook post.

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“In 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. He was covered in love and peace and did not walk off the park alone. Our souls are joined for eternity Streaky. Till I hold you again."

Earlier in the month of May, it was reported that Streak was battling cancer and “undergoing treatment" under one of the renowned oncologists in South Africa.

A few days ago, former Zimbabwe fast bowler Henry Olonga announced the demise of Streak on social media, only to deny it hours later after a message from his captain, but by then condolence messages by several former cricketers had surfaced.

“RIP Streaky," Olonga wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday.

Streak represented Zimbabwe in 65 Tests and 189 ODIs, scoring 1990 and 2943 runs, respectively. He also picked 216 wickets in Test cricket and 239 in ODIs and happens to be Zimbabwe’s all-time highest wicket-taker in both formats.

In Test cricket, Streak claimed 216 wickets and scored one century and 11 half-centuries for Zimbabwe. In 189 ODIs, he bagged 239 wickets and made 2,943 runs with 13 fifties. He is the highest wicket-taker for Zimbabwe by a long margin in both Tests and ODIs.

In 68 ODIs as captain, he led Zimbabwe to win in 18 and lost 47 while three finished without any result. In 21 Tests, Streak captained Zimbabwe to wins in four while they lost 11 and drew six.