'Very much alive': Heath Streak not dead: Henry Olonga

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Heath Streak, the former Zimbabwe cricketer, is alive. Hours after Streak's former teammate Henry Olonga posted about his ex-captain's demise, the pace bowler-turned-singer shared another message confirming otherwise, reports Hindustan Times.

Olonga shared a screenshot of his WhatsApp conversation with what appears to be with Streak, who wrote that he is 'very much alive' and requested Henry to take down his previous update.

"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 very much alive folks," Olonga wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).

A couple of leading Zimbabwe websites, along with captain of the Zimbabwe cricket team Sean Williams were among the first to share the hoax that was Streak's death, following which several members of the cricketing fraternity joined in, including India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. He was accompanied by the likes of VVS Laxman, Virender Sehwag, Anil Kumble and more. IPL franchises Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians too paid their condolences. All of them later took down their posts.

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