He was raised in Bulawayo and attended Falcon College, taking up cricket at the age of 10, at a time when there were few black players.
[1] Having earlier toured New Zealand with a Zimbabwe Schools team, Dube was one of four Zimbabweans selected to play for an ICC Associates XI at the 1988 Youth World Cup in Australia (the others being Trevor Penney, Glen Bruk-Jackson, and Eboo Essop-Adam).
He made his first-class and List A debuts on a warm-up tour of England (against Yorkshire and Sussex, respectively),[3][4] but suffered a knee injury and was unable to take part in the ICC Trophy.
Dube and his opening partner, Graeme Ferreira, made eight runs between them for the match, but Matabeleland still won, claiming their first Logan Cup title.
[9] In December 2005, Dube had also been appointed chairman of the Matabeleland Cricket Association, replacing former international umpire Ahmed Esat.