Henry Olanga, who reported the death of former Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak, has now confirmed that he is still alive.
Heath Streak is alive
The news of the death of former Zimbabwe captain and veteran all-rounder Heath Streak due to cancer at the age of 49 has sent a wave of mourning in the cricket world. Meanwhile, his former partner Henry Olanga, who reported Streak’s death, has now called this news completely fake and said that Streak is alive and he himself has confirmed this by messaging.
Henry Olanga had earlier shared the information by tweeting that the sad news has come that Heath Streak has now gone to the other world. May the soul of the greatest cricketer of Zimbabwe cricket rest in peace. It’s an honor to play with you. At the same time, now he has deleted his tweet and claimed that Streak is alive.
Olanga wrote in his tweet that I can confirm that the news of Heath Streak’s death spread very fast, this news is very fast on social media. I just spoke to him and the third umpire called him back. He is a very lively person and completely lively.
The family had told that he had cancer
Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak retired from international cricket at the age of 31 due to a dispute with the board. Streak played 65 Test matches for Zimbabwe and also played 189 ODI. During this, he scored a total of 4933 runs in both formats and took 455 wickets.
Streak ventured into coaching in 2005, where he coached Bangladesh,
Zimbabwe and IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders. In 2021, Streak was banned for eight years by the ICC for five breaches of the Anti-Corruption Code. At the same time, in the year 2023, his family issued a statement saying that he is fighting a battle with cancer and is undergoing treatment in South Africa.
