Former Zimbabwe captain and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bowling coach 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 (ICC) Anti-Corruption Code. Streak has accepted all the prices towards him that contain disclosing inside details about T20 leagues round the world together with the Indian Premier League (IPL), Pakistan Super League (PSL), Lanka Premier League (LPL) and others. The 5 prices additionally embrace leaking details about worldwide fixtures and obstructing or delaying an investigation.
Cricketing profession
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 high performer for Zimbabwe, taking six wickets towards India at residence.
Streak turned out in 65 Tests and 189 ODIs over his 12-year lengthy profession. The former skipper has 216 wickets in Tests with 1990 runs. To examine, no different Zimbabwe bowler has even crossed the 100-wicket mark in Test cricket. In the ODI division, he has 237 wickets from 187 video games, 104 extra wickets than the subsequent bowler on the checklist.
The 47-year-old was thought-about an all-rounder for his performances in 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 in the longest format of the sport subsequent to his identify.
In ODIs, he scored 2,943 runs from 189 video games at a mean of 28.29 together with 13 half-centuries. He is the solely Zimbabwe cricketer to have greater than 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in Test cricket. Similarly, he is the solely Zimbabwe cricketer to attain greater than 2,000 runs and 200 wickets in ODIs.
Record towards Indian cricket crew
Streak turned out in 9 Tests towards Team India, selecting up 30 wickets at a mean of 29.63 together with a better of 6/73. In ODIs, Streak picked up 39 wickets in 35 ODIs towards the Indian cricket crew and likewise scored 532 runs with three half-centuries.
Coaching stints
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 following yr. More lately, he was Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) bowling coach in the 2018 version. Similarly, he was concerned with franchises in different leagues as nicely.
He was the bowling coach of the now-defunct IPL franchise Gujarat Lions in 2016 and 2017 earlier than being roped in by KKR in 2018 as Lakshmipathy Balaji’s substitute.
However, the assertion from Alex Marshall, ICC General Manager, Integrity Unit reveals that regardless of partaking in unlawful actions, his “offences did not affect the outcomes of any relevant matches”.
