Heath Streak breaks shoulder in motor accident

Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak has been admitted to hospital with a fractured shoulder sustained in a motor accident.

Streak left the Zimbabwe team's Colombo hotel, the Taj Samudra, this afternoon in a tri-shaw and sustained the fracture when the driver attempted to overtake another vehicle, the tri-shaw was unbalanced and toppled over.

With all teams being at an official dinner organised by the International Cricket Council, no one from the Zimbabwe camp was available for comment.

Streak was on his way to Odel, a popular destination for shoppers in search of clothes, here in Colombo.

A senior police official, in a statement released to sections of the media, has said that the Colombo police could not be held responsible for the incident as Streak had not informed the security personnel allocated to assist him before leaving the hotel.

In the course of this tournament so far, players have been free to come and go from their hotels, without having to inform any staff of the security forces.

With 12 teams of 14 players each, and officials, plus members of the ICC staying at the Taj Samudra, it is only natural that members of teams spend a fair bit of their leisure time outside the hotel.

It is worth mentioning that Streak was treated at the same Apollo Hospital to which Brian Lara was admitted with suspected hepatitis.

While no one at the hospital has made any comment about Streak's condition, ICC officials confirmed that Streak sustained only a fracture and nothing more serious.