Trevor Madondo

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
Died	11 June 2001(2001-06-11) (aged 24) Parirenyatwa Hospital, Harare, Zimbabwe
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-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

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

External links

• Trevor Madondo at ESPNcricinfo