Former Zimbabwe all-rounder Heath Streak passed away, aged 49, on Sunday.
The former captain was suffering from advanced colon and liver cancer and was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Streak is survived by his wife, Nadine, and four children.
"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," Nadine wrote on social media.
Earlier this month, Streak’s former teammate Henry Olonga said that the former all-rounder had passed away aged 49.
"Sad news coming through that Heath Streak has crossed to the other side. RIP Zimbabwe cricket legend," Olonga said on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
"The greatest all-rounder we produced. It was a pleasure playing with you."
Olonga later deleted the post and shared a new update about Streak being alive.
Streak, who was the all-time leading Test wicket-taker for his country, has been undergoing treatment for cancer.
The all-rounder bagged 216 wickets and scored 1,990 runs in 65 Tests between 1993-2005. He also featured in 189 one-day internationals, scoring 2,943 runs and claiming 239 wickets.
After bringing the curtain down on his career, Streak served as the head coach of Bangladesh while also serving as the bowling coach of twice Indian Premier League champions Kolkata Knight Riders.
In 2021, he was banned for eight years from all forms of cricket after admitting breaches of the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption code. He took "full responsibility" for his actions but said he was never involved in any attempts to fix matches.
