Olonga said the news surfaced after two former Zimbabwe players texted each other on WhatsApp.  “I did ask the family, but got no response from them and another former teammate. It was late at night as I am in Australia. By then, a few others had posted about it and so I then did a tribute with pictures and the rest as they say, is history,” said Olonga.

“Mid-afternoon Streaky replies to my enquiry of his well being and gets to correct the story. I amended all my posts and here we are. It has been a sad day as I really did think we lost him. Of course, no malice intended,” added Olonga.