A Zimbabwe Cricket launch stated Dambanevana was in hospital receiving care since present process a medical process in March.
Her senior worldwide umpiring profession started on 2 September 2023, and she or he went on to officiate on the Ladies’s T20 World Cup 2024 within the UAE and the Ladies’s ODI World Cup 2025 in India and Sri Lanka, the place she was a part of the event’s historic all-female panel of match officers.
Previous to that, Dambanevana officiated within the remaining between India and England on the 2023 Underneath-19 Ladies’s T20 World Cup in South Africa, turning into the primary Zimbabwean lady to umpire a World Cup remaining.
Total, she officiated in 63 senior internationals, comprising 42 girls’s T20Is, 11 girls’s ODIs and 10 males’s T20Is, alongside her assignments in home cricket and international youth tournaments.
Dambanevana additionally represented Zimbabwe as a participant between 2009 and 2014, together with on the World Cup Qualifier in 2011. She joined the ICC growth panel of umpires in 2022.
“Sarah served Zimbabwe with distinction, first as a participant after which as an umpire whose capability earned her a spot on the world stage,” ZC chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani stated. “Watching her stand in a World Cup remaining was a second of immense pleasure for our cricket group and our nation. She confirmed younger Zimbabwean girls that they belong on the highest ranges of the sport, together with in roles the place alternatives had lengthy been restricted.
“By her achievements, she opened doorways and gave others the arrogance to pursue their very own ambitions. We’ll bear in mind her dedication, her professionalism and her willingness to assist others develop. Her passing leaves a painful void in our cricket household, however the instance she set will proceed to encourage those that observe in her footsteps.”