10 Cricketers who played another innings as musicians

4. Henry Olonga:

Former Zimbabwean fast bowler, Henry Olonga, has a sad end to his cricket career. A career that began in 1995, lasted just 8 years before he resented the Mugabe Regime in Zimbabwe in 2003 and subsequently called his retirement from international cricket.

Olonga, who was the first black player to play for Zimbabwe, is a true patriot at heart. No wonder why his maiden song was titled ‘Our Zimbabwe’ and was a big success back in his homeland. Olonga, after retiring from international cricket, is now pursuing a career as a cricket commentator and singer and released an album Aurelia in 2006.

His autobiography, Blood, Sweat and Treason, was released in July 2010 by Vision Sports Publishing and was longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2010. His last international appearance for Zimbabwe came in ICC World Cup 2003, when he, along with Andy Flower, wore black bands to mark the ‘death of democracy’ in Zimbabwe.