Ex-cricketer Dies Trying To Jump Over Gate
Ex-cricketer Procter Saurombe, died on Monday after he was reportedly pierced by sharp security spikes on his family home’s gate, which he was trying to jump over.
Saurombe reportedly returned home in Glen Norah in the wee hours of Monday after a night of drinking.
The former Old Hararians fast bowler’s lifeless body was found hanging on one spike after failing to scale the gate.
Saurombe was raised in Glen Norah and was introduced to cricket at Shiriyedenga Primary School in the area through the Zimbabwean cricket board’s grassroots development programme.
He was granted a cricket scholarship at Prince Edward School in the early ’90s.
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At Prince Edward, Saurombe rose through the different age groups, up to the first team, touring the United Kingdom with the side in 1995.
At the time of his death, Saurombe was umpiring club matches and had also had been coaching cricket at his former school, Prince Edward, for a number of years.
He was 43.
