Heath Streak, Zimbabwean cricketer
Heath Hilton Streak (born 16 March 1974) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer and cricket coach who played for and captained the Zimbabwe national cricket team. By his statistical record, he is the best bowler to have played for Zimbabwe. He is the all time leading wicket taker for Zimbabwe in Test cricket with 216 wickets and in ODI cricket with 239 wickets.He is the first and only Zimbabwean bowler to have taken over 100 Test wickets and one of only four Zimbabwean bowlers to have taken over 100 ODI wickets. He is the first and only Zimbabwean to have completed the double of 1000 career runs and 100 wickets in test cricket as well as the first and only Zimbabwean to have completed the double of 2000 runs and 200 wickets in ODIs. With seven wicket hauls in his test career, he holds the record for taking the most number of five wicket hauls by Zimbabwean bowler in test cricket.He was part of the golden era of Zimbabwe cricket between 1997 and 2002. His relationship with Zimbabwe Cricket had soured in several occasions during his international career as well as during his coaching career.He was the head coach of Zimbabwe until early 2018 and was the bowling coach for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League in 2018.
In September 2018, Streak submitted an application to the court to have Zimbabwe Cricket liquidated in relation to outstanding debts.In April 2021, Streak was handed an eight-year ban by the ICC for corruption.