Date-stamped : 31 Dec97 - 18:15 30 Dec 1997 Streak, Huckle pass late fitness test The Herald Paceman Heath Streak and leg spinner Adam Huckle both passed late fitness tests on rib-muscle injuries before the Zimbabwe Test cricket team departed for tours to Sri Lanka and New Zealand over the weekend. Don Arnott, the Zimbabwe Cricket Union chief executive, said the two were given a strenuous workout on Friday by Austin Jeans, the doctor attached to the Zimbabwe team at last year's Olympics in Atlanta. "I've received a written report from Austin Jeans and both Streak and Huckle passed their fitness tests," said Arnott. Streak, Zimbabwe's only strike bowler, has had long-standing injuries to his groin and the intercostal muscle between the ribs which have either kept him out of the side or allowed him to bowl only at half pace for some time. Like Streak, Huckle too was hampered by injury to his intercostal muscle, said Arnott. Streak and Huckle were among 15 players who left late on Sunday night for Sri Lanka for the month-long first leg of their tour which will include two Tests and three one-day internationals. Medium pace bowler John Rennie, Arnott said, would only join the team later during the limited overs series before going on to New Zealand to play two Tests and five one-day internationals. Arnott said the Zimbabwe side, which also includes three officials, among them coach Dave Houghton and manager Malcolm Jarvis, were going via England and India and were scheduled to arrive in Colombo today for the start of Their last visit last September was a disaster as they lost the Test series by margins of an innings and 10 wickets respectively and all three one-day internationals in a quadrangular which included Australia, India and world champions Sri Lanka. Zimbabwe will be in Sri Lanka until January 28, 1998, when they depart for their second Test tour of New Zealand with whom they shared a drawn 0-0 series at home in October. On their last visit earlier last year the two teams also drew the two-Test series 0-0. They are expected to return home on March 11. Team Zimbabwe: A Campbell (captain), A Flower (vice-captain), G Flower, G Rennie, M Goodwin, G Whittall, C Wishart, P Strang, H Streak, H Olonga, E Matambanadzo, M Mbangwa, B Strang, A Whittall, A Huckle and J Rennie. Itinerary: 2-4 January v Sri Lanka representative side Matara 7-11 January First Test Kandy 14-18 January Second Test Colombo 20 January v Sri Lanka representative side Colombo 22 January First One-day International Colombo 24 January Second One-day International Colombo 26 January Third One-day International Colombo 28 January depart for New Zealand 3 February v New Zealand Academy XI Taupo 4 February First One-day International Hamilton 6 February Second One-day International Wellington 8-11 February v New Zealand A Dunedin 13-16 February v Canterbury Christchurch 19-23 February First Test Wellington 26 February - 2 March Second Test Auckland 4 March Third One-day International Christchurch (day/night) 6 March Fourth One-day International Napier (day/night) 8 March Fifth One-day International Auckland 11 March depart for Zimbabwe Source: The Herald (Harare) 30 December 1997 Contributed by The Management (help@cricinfo.com)