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.
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Full name | Trevor Nyasha Madondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Mount Darwin, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe | 22 November 1976||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 June 2001 Parirenyatwa Hospital, Harare, Zimbabwe | (aged 24)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
edit- ^ 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".
- ^ Wisden 2002, p. 1582.
- ^ New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Wellington 2000–01
- ^ "The early developer". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- ^ Tests – Shortest lived players
- ^ Tafadzwa Madondo killed in motorbike accident
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