The Zimbabwe team that reached the Super Six of the 1999 World Cup: Where are they now?

Henry Olonga

Anyone who has grown up watching cricket in the late 90s will remember the mercurial Zimbabwean fast bowler Henry Olonga. Passionate, with an ability to bowl fast, Olonga never shied away from a good contest. He had a few monumental contests with Sachin Tendulkar, the most memorable one coming during the Coca-Cola Cup Trophy in Sharjah in 1998.

Olonga dismissed Tendulkar in an embarrassing fashion leading up to the final and Tendulkar in turn got his revenge in the final when he blasted Olonga to all parts of the ground. He had a relatively successful career but was forced into retirement after he wore a black armband protesting the 'death of democracy' in Zimbabwe during the 2003 World Cup.

Olonga reportedly received death threats and was forced to flee to England. He then went on to enjoy a successful career in singing and launched his album titled Aurelia in 2006. He recently made an appearance as an opera singer at a charity dinner in the SCG and performed Nessun Dorma.

Singing has incidentally been a long-term hobby for Olonga. Speaking about how he developed his singing skills, he said, "I started as a soloist at the age of 13 when I was cast as a girl for a play called Oklahoma.

"The next year I was in The Gondoliers. I was given the principal part as Marco. It was also the same year I watched the Three Tenors perform in the World Cup in Italy. I just fell in love with the idea of singing like them."