Shepherd Makunura
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Harare, Zimbabwe
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| Full name | Shepherd Tichaendepi Makunura | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 1976 Salisbury, Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 December 2022 (aged 46) Harare, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Sinikiwe Mpofu (wife) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001/02 | Mashonaland A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006/07 | Northerns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 December 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shepherd Tichaendepi Makunura (23 October 1976 – 15 December 2022) was a Zimbabwean cricket player and coach. He played two Logan Cup seasons before retiring due to injury. He served as fielding coach of the Zimbabwe national cricket team and also coached Zimbabwe A, Zimbabwe Under-19s and several domestic teams.
Makunura was born in Salisbury (now Harare) on 23 October 1976.[1] He attended Chengu Primary School in Highfield and then attended Prince Edward School on a scholarship.[2]
Playing career
Makunura was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off break bowler.[1] His talent was identified by a Zimbabwe Cricket Union development program for urban areas and he made the national under-15 squad, as well as joining the Takashinga Cricket Club.[2] He played three matches for Mashonaland A in the 2001–02 Logan Cup, recording a career-best 62 runs against Midlands. He returned to first-class cricket in the 2006–07 season with two matches for Northerns against Southerns and Kenya Select.[3][4] His playing career was cut short by an achilles tendon injury in 2007.[2]