Top Five Records Made By Former Zimbabwe Player Heath Streak

Take a look at the five extraordinary records made by Heath Streak.

Heath Streak in action.

Former Zimbabwe player Heath Streak passed away after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 49 years of age when he took his last breath in the early hours of September 3. Streak’s family confirmed the news as his wife Nadine posted an emotional message on social media in memory of her husband. (Getty)

Heath Streak was one of the finest all-rounders Zimbabwe has ever produced. Take a look at the five extraordinary records made by Heath Streak. (Getty)

Heath Streak ended his career as the highest wicket-taker for Zimbabwe. The right-arm bowler picked 216 wickets in 65 Test matches during the period of 1993 to 2005. Apart from him, no other Zimbabwe player managed to take even 100 wickets in red-ball cricket so far.(Getty)

In his ODI career, Streak finished by taking the most ODI wickets for his country. He is the only bowler from his country who went on to snap 200+ ODI wickets as he dismissed 237 batters in his career. Streak was also a handy batter as he collected 2943 runs. (Getty)

In World Cup games, Streak took 22 wickets in as many World Cup matches. He took the prized wickets of Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya for low scores in the 1996 World Cup. (Getty)

Streak is the only allrounder from Zimbabwe who made 1000+ runs and picked 100+ wickets in Test cricket. He amassed 1990 runs and scalped 216 wickets. (Getty)

The former Zimbabwe player is the only one from his country to make  2500+ runs and bag more than 200 ODI wickets. (Getty)