Madondo dies of malaria

HARARE, JUNE 12. Zimbabwe cricketer Trevor Madondo died in a Harare hospital on Monday following a bout of malaria. Madondo, 24, was the first black batsman to be selected for the National team after bowlers Henry Olonga, Mpumelelo Mbangwa and Everton Matambanadzo.

He played three Tests for Zimbabwe, scoring 90 runs with a top score of 74 not out in the drawn one-off Test against New Zealand last December.

``Trevor didn't look that bad and all of this has come as a shock to us,'' his father Ben told the Chronicle newspaper on Tuesday.

``We were expecting him home in Mutare but he did not come as expected. It was only when we came to Harare to find out what had happened to him that he told us he was not feeling well.''

- Reuters

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