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Daily Mirror
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Matthew Cooper

Zimbabwe cricket icon Sinikiwe Mpofu dies aged 37 just weeks after husband passed away

Zimbabwe women's assistant coach and former all-rounder Sinikiwe Mpofu has tragically passed away at the age of just 37, less than a month after her husband died.

In a statement, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) said that Mpofu was "pronounced dead on arrival at a medical facility after she collapsed at her home in Masvingo" and that a post-mortem was due to be carried out to determine her cause of death.

Mpofu notably played in Zimbabwe's first-ever women's international in December 2006 and moved into coaching after announcing her retirement from playing, coaching the Mountaineers women's team while also working with the national side.

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