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Extremely sorry that I took it as gospel: Henry Olonga in apology note over false news of Heath Streak’s demise | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The cricket world was taken by storm when the news of former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak passing away broke out but in a major relief to his fans the news emerged a few hours later that the player is alive.His teammate Henry Olonga initially had let the world know by posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Streak passed away following his long battle with cancer. But he later clarified that Streak is very much alive."Sad news coming through that Heath Streak has crossed to the other side. RIP @ZimCricketv legend. The greatest all rounder we produced. It was a pleasure playing with you. See you on the other side when my bowling spell comes to an end...," Olonga posted.Olonga then in his new post said that rumours of Streak's death were greatly exaggerated and that he h...
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Heath Streak to TOI: Reports of death ‘silly, malicious rumours’ | Cricket News – Times of India

MUMBAI: Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak was naturally left irked by rumours floating around on Wednesday morning that he had 'died'."These are silly, malicious rumours. Thank you for checking and helping out (with this). It's exactly that, a rumour," Streak told TOI. Earlier, former Zimbabwe cricketer Henry Olonga on Wednesday clarified that cricketing icon Heath Streak is alive, having earlier announced the death of the former Zimbabwe captain.Taking to 'X' (previously known as Twitter), Olonga shared a screenshot of his WhatsApp chat with Streak, saying that the rumour of Streak's demise had been "greatly exaggerated". "I can confirm that rumours of the demise of Heath Streak have been greatly exaggerated. I just heard from him. The third umpire has called him back. He is...