Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak has been banned by International Cricket Council for eight years from all types of cricketing actions for breaching the International Cricket Council’s Anti-Corruption Code. Streak has accepted all the fees towards him that contain disclosing inside details about T20 Leagues world wide together with the Indian Premier League (IPL), Pakistan Super League (PSL) and others. The 5 prices additionally embrace leaking details about worldwide fixtures and obstructing or delaying an investigation.
International debut
Streak made his worldwide debut in November 1993 towards South Africa in an ODI. The 47-year-old’s final worldwide look was towards India in a Test in September 2005. He was additionally the highest performer for Zimbabwe, taking six wickets towards India at residence.
Career, data
For the IPL technology who don’t know Streak, he’s Zimbabwe’s highest wicket-taker in each ODI and Test codecs. He has 216 wickets from 65 Tests. To evaluate, no different Zimbabwe bowler has even crossed the 100-wicket mark in Test cricket. In the limited-overs division, he has 237 wickets from 187 video games, 104 extra wickets than the following bowler on the checklist.
The 47-year-old was thought-about an all-rounder for his performances within the center order of Zimbabwe and remained solely 10 runs shy of two,000 Test runs from 107 innings. He has one century and 11 half-centuries within the longest format of the sport subsequent to his identify. In ODIs, he scored 2,943 runs from 189 video games at a median of 28.29 together with 13 half-centuries. He is the one Zimbabwe cricketer to have greater than 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in Test cricket. Similarly, he’s the one Zimbabwe cricketer to attain greater than 2,000 runs and 200 wickets in ODIs.
After worldwide cricket
The Bulawayo-born cricketer was named his nation’s bowling coach in 2009. Before that, Streak additionally featured in Indian Cricket League for the Ahmedabad Rockets franchise which meant he was not eligible to play in IPL’s inaugural season the next yr. More lately, he was Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) bowling coach within the 2018 version. Similarly, he was concerned with franchises in different leagues as nicely.
However, the assertion from Alex Marshall, ICC General Manager, Integrity Unit reveals that regardless of participating in unlawful actions, his “offences did not affect the outcomes of any relevant matches”.
