KKR Former Bowling Coach Heath Streak Banned for Eight Years
Former Zimbabwe cricketer and former Kolkata Knight Riders bowling coach Heath Streak has been banned from cricket for eight years for match-fixing. From 2016 to 2018, he coached various teams in Zimbabwe and domestic cricket. At that time, he was associated with the match average. Heath Streak has admitted responsibility for five major allegations against him. For which the ICC has fired him. Also, read: Everton vs Tottenham Prediction Today.
Heath Streak, 47, is facing a number of charges, including leaking classified information to an opposing party, repeatedly receiving unethical rewards, and deliberately delaying an investigation. The ICC’s anti-corruption wing has deported the former Zimbabwe star cricketer for eight years for all these offenses.
Corruption Alert.
Heath Streak: Banned from cricket for 8 years.
For what: For match-fixing and trading on game for betting.
When: When he was the @ZimCricketv Coach.
By who: By the @ICC
This is no different from what Henrietta Rushwaya was doing at ZIFA. pic.twitter.com/PB8Bj9lXZX
— Mhofu (@mhofela_mhofu) April 14, 2021
ICC manager Alex Marshall said Heath Streak was a senior cricketer. He has been associated with international cricket for a long time and he was the coach of the international team. He also attended meetings of various anti-corruption branches of the ICC. Despite this, Heath Streak has violated the rules more than once. He will return to international cricket on March 28, 2029, after eight years in exile.
Heath Streak has played 85 Tests and 189 ODIs for Zimbabwe. He has 4933 runs and 455 wickets.
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