Strang studied at the
University of Cape Town, and toured Pakistan with the Zimbabwe side in 1993/4. He played his first Test in 1994, and became a professional cricketer in 1995. He was one of the leading wicket-takers in the
1996 Cricket World Cup in India, taking 12 wickets with a
bowling average of 16, although the team was knocked out in the preliminary stage, beating
Kenya (with Strang taking 5 wickets) but losing its other 4 matches. Strang scored his only Test century in the 1st innings of the 1st Test against
Pakistan at
Sheikhupura in 1996–7, batting at No. 8, including a stand of 87 with his brother for the 9th wicket. He also took 5 wickets in Pakistan's 1st innings in the same match. Strang's achievement was overshadowed by a double century, 257 not out, scored by
Wasim Akram, and the match was drawn. He played in the
1999 Cricket World Cup in England, where Zimbabwe beat Kenya,
India and
South Africa to qualify for the "Super Six" stage. His best Test bowling figures of 8–109 came against
New Zealand in the 1st innings at Bulawayo in 2000–1, although Zimbabwe lost the match by 7 wickets. His remain the best bowling figures by a
Zimbabwean in an innings in Test cricket (the best match figures belong to
Adam Huckle). He only played in three further Tests, with his international career curtailed in 2000 by a chronic injury to the muscles of his right hand. ==Records==