Denis Hilton Streak is a former Zimbabwean first class cricketer and the father of Test player Heath Streak

Heath Streak

Heath Hilton Streak is a former Zimbabwean cricketer. He made his Test debut in Zimbabwe's tour of Pakistan 1993/1994 making his mark by taking 8 wickets in the 2nd Test at Rawalpindi...

. Apart from playing cricket he also represented Zimbabwe at lawn bowls.

He debuted for Rhodesia during the 1976-77 Currie Cup

SuperSport Series

The SuperSport Series is the main domestic first class cricket competition in South Africa, first contested in 1889-90. From 1990-91 it became known as the Castle Cup, and from 1996-97 by its current title...

 and toured England in 1985. Streak played domestic cricket with Matabeleland

Matabeleland

Modern day Matabeleland is a region in Zimbabwe divided into three provinces: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo and Matabeleland South. These provinces are in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers. The region is named after its inhabitants, the Ndebele people...

 and was 46 when he finally retired. He finished by playing in a Logan Cup final win, in the same side at his son. After retiring he was briefly a Zimbabwean selector.

Streak fell victim to Robert Mugabe

Robert Mugabe

Robert Gabriel Mugabe is the President of Zimbabwe. As one of the leaders of the liberation movement against white-minority rule, he was elected into power in 1980...

's land reform

Land reform

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policy in 2001 when his farm was seized and after protesting he ended up imprisoned for a short time.

External links

• Cricinfo profile