Former Zimbabwe cricket team captain Heath Streak passed away at the age of after losing his battle to advanced colon and liver cancer ESPN cricinfo reported on Sunday . His wife Nadine Streak confirmed the news in a Facebook post . Zimbabwe cricket legends Wasim Akram and Shoaib Akhtar also reminisced about their interactions with the deceased .
He represented Zimbabwe in Tests making him their secondmost capped Test player and ODIs between and . In he resigned as captain for the second time after a clash with the board prompting the walkout of other white players from the national side . The son of Denis who played cricket for Rhodesia Streak made his international debut as a yearold in an abandoned match against South Africa in Bengaluru during the Hero Cup a fiveteam tournament played in India .
He was also their seventhhighest Test runscorer with runs and one of Zimbabwe batters to score more than ODI runs finishing with . He also got his Test cap that year against Pakistan in Karachi and took eight wickets in the next match in Rawalpindi .
In In he was banned for eight years after being charged with and admitting to five breaches of the ICCs anticorruption code including accepting payment in bitcoins from a potential corruptor . He later said he was not involved in any attempts to fix matches but admitted to disclosing inside information pertaining to international matches but later said that he later said .
He had said he wasn’t involved in . He has been in good health and recovering from cancer. The report concluded that he had been in bad health. He had been diagnosed with cancer. He was in good shape. He took more test wickets against Pakistan. He also took moretest wickets and ODI .
