Denis Streak
Denis Hilton Streak (born 21 June 1949) is a Zimbabwean former first-class cricketer and the father of former Zimbabwean cricketer, Heath Streak. Apart from playing cricket, he also represented Zimbabwe at lawn bowls.
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| Full name | Denis Milton Streak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 June 1949 Bulawayo, Rhodesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Heath Streak (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 26 December 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He debuted for Rhodesia during the 1976-77 Currie Cup and toured England in 1985. Streak played domestic cricket with Matabeleland and was 46 when he finally retired. He finished by playing in a Logan Cup final win, in the same side as his son. After retiring, Streak briefly served as a Zimbabwean selector.
Streak's farm was seized in 2001 under a land reform policy and he ended up imprisoned for a short time for protesting the farm seizure.
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