Trevor Nyasha Madondo (22 November 1976 – 11 June 2001) was a Zimbabwean

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er who played in three

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and 13

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s from 1998 to 2001. Growing up, Madondo attended Lilfordia School and

Falcon College Falcon College (or simply Falcon) is an independent boarding school for boys and girls aged 12–18 in the southern Matabeleland region of Zimbabwe. It was founded in 1954 near Essexvale, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Esigodini, Zimba ...

. At Falcon. he also played

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and

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. He gave up his studies at

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to become a full-time cricketer. A middle-order batsman, he hit his highest first-class score in his last Test when he scored 74 not out against

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in 2000–01. He died a few months later at the age of 24 from

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. He was the fifth-youngest Test player to die. In November 2008, his brother

Tafadzwa Madondo Tafadzwa Bernard Madondo (17 February 1981 – 17 November 2008) was a Zimbabwean cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler and wicketkeeper who played for Manicaland. Born in Bindura, he was the brother of Test pla ...

died in a motorbike accident while vacationing in

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.Tafadzwa Madondo killed in motorbike accident
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* 1976 births 2001 deaths Alumni of Falcon College Zimbabwe Test cricketers Zimbabwe One Day International cricketers Zimbabwean cricketers Mashonaland cricketers Matabeleland cricketers Deaths from malaria Infectious disease deaths in Zimbabwe {{Zimbabwe-cricketbio-stub