Heath Streak

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Heath Streak Zimbabwe (ZIM)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Right arm fast-medium (RFM)
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	65	189
Runs scored	1990	2943
Batting average	22.35	28.29
100s/50s	1/11	0/13
Top score	127*	79*
Overs bowled	2259.5	1578.0
Wickets	216	239
Bowling average	28.14	29.82
5 wickets in innings	7	1
10 wickets in match	0	N/A
Best bowling	6/73	5/32
Catches/stumpings	17/0	46/0
As of December 7, 2005 Source: Cricinfo.com

Heath Hilton Streak (born March 16, 1974, Bulawayo) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his Test debut in Zimbabwe's tour of Pakistan 1993/1994 making his mark by taking 8 wickets in the 2nd Test at Rawalpindi (December 9-14, 1993). He won the Man of the series award in that series taking 22 wickets at an average of 13.54. He bettered his best bowling figures in 1995 when Pakistan toured Zimbabwe taking 6/90 in the first Test at Harare.

In 2000/2001, he won 2 man of the series awards, first in Zimbabwe's tour of England and then in Bangladesh's tour of Zimbabwe.

He is the only Zimbabwean bowler to have taken over 100 Test wickets and one of only 2 Zimbabwean bowlers to have taken over 100 ODI wickets (the other being Grant Flower). There is little doubt that he is the best bowler to have played for Zimbabwe, with the ability to extract seam movement at a lively pace on even the deadest of wickets.

In 1995/96, Streak played in the same Matabeleland team as his 46-year-old father Denis in the final of the Lonrho Logan Cup against Mashonaland Country Districts; this was the first instance of a father and son playing in the same first-class match for more than thirty years.

He retired from international cricket in October 2005 to become captain of Warwickshire County Cricket Club having previously played county cricket for Hampshire. He also captain the fellow expelled Anglo African players from Zimbabwe as the team Red Lions to play charity games in England.

[edit] Controversies

Heath Streak claimed in an interview in The Observer that he was faced with moral challenges in captaining Zimbabwe. He said that he was asked to tell white players that they were not talented enough and were to be replaced by black players.^[1]

Preceded by: Andy Flower	Zimbabwean national cricket captain 2000/1-2001/2	Succeeded by: Brian Murphy
Preceded by: Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwean national cricket captain 2003-2003/4	Succeeded by: Tatenda Taibu