Trevor Madondo

Trevor Madondo
Personal information
Full name Trevor Nyasha Madondo
Born (1976-11-22)22 November 1976
Mount Darwin, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe
Died 11 June 2001(2001-06-11) (aged 24)
Parirenyatwa Hospital, Harare
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs 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 - - -
10 wickets in match - n/a -
Best bowling - - 1/23
Catches/stumpings 1/- 2/- 13/-
Source: Cricinfo, 16 September 2013

Trevor Nyasha Madondo (November 22, 1976, Mount Darwin, Mashonaland – June 11, 2001, Parirenyatwa Hospital, Harare) was a Zimbabwean cricketer who played in 3 Tests and 13 ODIs from 1998 to 2001.

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. He is the fifth-youngest Test player to die.[4] As of 2013 he is the only deceased Zimbabwean Test cricketer.

In November 2008, his brother Tafadzwa Madondo died in a motorbike accident while vacationing in Bali.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Moonda, Firdose (23 July 2013). "Firdose Moonda pays a visit to Lilfordia school in Zimbabwe | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Wisden 2002, p. 1582.
  3. ↑ New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Wellington 2000-01
  4. ↑ Tests - Shortest lived players
  5. ↑ Tafadzwa Madondo killed in motorbike accident


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