Trevor Nyasha Madondo (22 November 1976 – 11 June 2001) was a Zimbabwean cricketer who played in three Test matches and 13 One Day Internationals from 1998 to 2001.

Trevor Madondo
Personal information
Full name
Trevor Nyasha Madondo
Born(1976-11-22)22 November 1976
Mount Darwin, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe
Died11 June 2001(2001-06-11) (aged 24)
Parirenyatwa Hospital, Harare, Zimbabwe
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC
Matches 3 13 21
Runs scored 90 191 653
Batting average 30.00 15.91 21.06
100s/50s 0/1 0/1 0/4
Top score 74* 71 74*
Balls bowled 24
Wickets 1
Bowling average 28.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/23
Catches/stumpings 1/– 2/– 13/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 September 2013

Growing up, Madondo attended Lilfordia School and Falcon College.[1] At Falcon. he also played hockey and rugby union. He gave up his studies at Rhodes University to become a full-time cricketer.[2] A middle-order batsman, he hit his highest first-class score in his last Test when he scored 74 not out against New Zealand in 2000–01.[3]

He died a few months later at the age of 24 from malaria.[4] He was the fifth-youngest Test player to die.[5] In November 2008, his brother Tafadzwa Madondo died in a motorbike accident while vacationing in Bali.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Moonda, Firdose (23 July 2013). "Firdose Moonda pays a visit to Lilfordia school in Zimbabwe |work=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Inc. |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/654229.html |access-date=24 January 2016 |Cricket |ESPN Cricinfo".
  2. ^ Wisden 2002, p. 1582.
  3. ^ New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Wellington 2000–01
  4. ^ "The early developer". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  5. ^ Tests – Shortest lived players
  6. ^ Tafadzwa Madondo killed in motorbike accident
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