Sarah Dambanevana: key obituary facts
Is Sarah Dambanevana dead? Yes. Sarah Dambanevana died on October 12, 2026, at age 36.
Cause of death: Sarah Dambanevana's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Sarah Dambanevana known for?
She was a Zimbabwean cricket umpire.
More about Sarah Dambanevana
Born: 26 May 1990.
Gender: female.
Occupation: cricketer, cricket umpire.
Sarah Dambanevana, a Zimbabwean cricketer and cricket umpire, died on October 12, 2026, aged 36.
Born on May 26, 1990, she represented the Zimbabwe women’s cricket team from 2009 to 2014. Her first international match came on December 17, 2010, against Kenya in the Women’s World Cup Qualifying Series Africa Region.
In 2011, she played in the Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier, and the following year she featured in the regional T20 World Cup qualifiers in Tanzania. These appearances marked her involvement in Zimbabwe’s women’s international cricket across different formats. In 2022, Dambanevana was added to the ICC Umpires Development Panel. On October 24 that year, she made her first on-field umpiring appearance in List A cricket, standing in a Pro50 Championship match between Eagles and Rhinos. The ICC later named her among the female umpires selected to officiate at the 2024 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. At the tournament, she became the first Zimbabwean woman to make an international umpiring debut in an ICC Women’s T20 World Cup. Her career included both representing Zimbabwe as an international player and taking up officiating at domestic and international levels, with the World Cup appointment marking a notable first for women’s umpiring in Zimbabwe.