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Heath Streak, former Zimbabwe cricket captain, dies aged 49

Streak, left, leads his team into the arena during the opening ceremony of the 2003 Cricket World Cup in Newlands stadium, Cape Town [File: Adrian Dennis/AFP]

Heath Streak, former Zimbabwe cricket captain and the nation’s all-time leading wicket-taker, has died at the age of 49 after battling liver and colon cancer.

“In the early hours of this morning, Sunday, 3 September, the greatest love of my life and the father of my beautiful children, was carried to be with the angels from his home where he wished to spend his last days surrounded by his family and closest loved ones,” his wife, Nadine Streak, wrote on social media.

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