Heath Streak's death news was untrue: He is alive and recovering

Heath Streak was at his home in Zimbabwe when he heard the news of his own death. The news spread like fire and tributes came in from across the world. Streak doesn't have any social media accounts so it took time to confirm by himself that he is fine and alive. His former colleague Henry Olonga announced on social media about Streak's death. Olonga later confirmed that Streak is alive and offered an apology for his previous post.

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"People should be a bit more careful before spreading such rumours. I am better now and recovering from cancer," Streak said on Wednesday. "I am at home and obviously there's still a bit of strain because of the treatment. But otherwise, I am fine," the former Zimbabwe captain added. "Suddenly I get to know that people have started talking about my death, as someone shared it on social media. But that was not all correct. I am recovering and feeling a lot better…," he concluded.

Heath Streak made his Test and ODI debut in 1993 and was appointed as the captain of the side in the 1999-2000 season. Streak ended his career with 216 wickets in Tests and 239 in ODIs. After moving on from International Cricket, he coached several international sides - including Zimbabwe and Bangladesh - and quite a few Indian Premier League (IPL) outfits like Kolkata Knight Riders and the Rajkot franchise.

He was the first Zimbabwe cricketer to claim 100 wickets in both Tests and ODIs. He is also the only cricketer from Zimbabwe to complete the double of 100 Test wickets and 1,000 Test runs and the only one from the country to score 2,000 runs and claim 200 wickets in ODIs.