Paddington Mhondoro (27 September 1986 – 13 March 2015) was a Zimbabwean cricketer who played a single
limited overs match for
Mid West Rhinos during the 2013–14 season.
Born in
Gweru, in Zimbabwe's
Midlands Province
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, Mhondoro attended
Chipembere Primary School
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in
Highfield
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, a suburb of
Harare, before moving to
Chegutu with his parents. A right-handed
all-rounder, he featured in the squad for the
Zimbabwean national under-19 team in 2006, without playing any matches. The majority of Mhondoro's cricket was played for the local Chegutu team in Midlands club leagues.
[(17 March 2015)]
"Chegutu cricketer dies in road accident"
– Zimbabwe Cricket. Retrieved 19 March 2015. His sole appearance for the Mid West Rhinos, a
Zimbabwe Cricket franchise based in
Kwekwe, came in the
Pro50 Championship
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in December 2013.
In the match, played against the
Southern Rocks
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at the
Kwekwe Sports Club
The Kwekwe Sports Club in Kwekwe is the home ground of one of Zimbabwe's four provincial cricket sides, Mid West Rhinos. The cricket ground has been host to several first class and one day matches and has even hosted some internationals – mos ...
, Mhondoro took the wickets of
Innocent Kaia and
Prince Masvaure, finishing with 2/38 from five overs. He came in eighth in the Rhinos'
batting order, but was dismissed for a three-ball
duck as his team was bowled out for 55. He was one of five Rhinos batsmen dismissed for ducks, and the fourth of six batsmen to fall to
Tafadzwa Kamungozi
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, who took 6/13.
Mid West Rhinos v Southern Rocks
Pro50 Championship 2013/14 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2015. Mhondoro was killed in a road accident in March 2015, aged 28, having been travelling to Kadoma from a Logan Cup game he had been watching in Kwekwe.
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1986 births
2015 deaths
Mid West Rhinos cricketers
Sportspeople from Gweru
Zimbabwean cricketers
Road incident deaths in Zimbabwe