“I Am Hurt, The Source Should Apologise”: Heath Streak On Rumours of His Death | Cricket News

Zimbabwe cricket legend Heath Streak rubbished the rumours of his loss of life, saying that he was ‘damage’ by the chatter over the topic on social media. It was Streak’s former teammate Henry Olonga who tweeted on Wednesday morning, saying his former teammate had died after a protracted battle with most cancers. In one other tweet a couple of hours later, Olonga countered his personal declare, saying the previous Zimbabwe captain was, in actual fact, alive. Streak himself additionally spoke to a media outlet, falsifying the news of his loss of life, saying he’s alive and nicely.

“It is a total rumour and a lie. I’m alive and well. I am very upset to learn that something as big as someone apparently passing can be spread unverified, especially in our day and age of social media”, Streak was quoted as saying by Mid-Day.

“I believe the source should apologise. I am hurt by the news,” he added.

“I can confirm that rumours of the demise of Heath Streak have been greatly exaggerated. I just heard from him. The third umpire has called him back. He is very much alive folks,” Olonga wrote in his tweet, hours after he himself introduced that the Zimbabwe legend was useless.

I can affirm that rumours of the demise of Heath Streak have been significantly exaggerated. I simply heard from him. The third umpire has known as him again. He may be very a lot alive of us. pic.twitter.com/LQs6bcjWSB

— Henry Olonga (@henryolonga) August 23, 2023

The 49-year-old introduced his retirement on the age of 31, in 2005. Streak nonetheless stays the one Zimbabwe bowler with greater than 100 Test and over 200 ODI wickets. He captained Zimbabwe in 2000, at a time when various gamers withdrew from the nationwide facet as relations between the board and the group hit a tough patch. In his adorned profession Streak performed 65 matches and picked up 216 wickets with an financial system of two.69.

In the ODI format, Streak featured in 189 matches, scalping 239 wickets at an financial system of 4.51. His greatest bowling figures had been 5-32. With the willow, Streak amassed 1,990 runs within the red-ball format, at a mean of twenty-two.4. He featured in 65 Tests for his nation. In ODIs, Streak aggregated 2,934 runs at a strike price of 73.4 and a mean of 28.3.

With ANI inputs