Bhubaneswar: Rubbishing the rumours of his death, Zimbabwe cricket legend Heath Streak said that he was ‘hurt’ by the chatter over the subject on social media. Streak’s former teammate Henry Olonga tweeted this morning that his former teammate had died after a prolonged battle with cancer.
In another tweet a few hours later, Olonga countered his own claim, saying the former Zimbabwe captain was, in fact, alive. Streak himself also spoke to a media outlet, falsifying the news of his death, saying he is alive and well.
“It is a total rumour and a lie. I’m alive and well. I am very upset to learn that something as big as someone apparently passing can be spread unverified, especially in our day and age of social media”, Streak was quoted as saying by Mid-Day.
“I believe the source should apologise. I am hurt by the news,” he added.
“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 in his tweet, hours after he himself announced that the Zimbabwe legend was dead.
