Sinikiwe Mpofu

Sinikiwe Gava Mpofu (21 February 1985 – 7 January 2023) was a Zimbabwean cricket player and coach.

[2] Mpofu appeared in the Zimbabwe women's national cricket team's first official international in 2006, playing alongside her high school classmate Thandolwenkosi Mlilo.

[1] She began her domestic career with Bulawayo-based Westerns, but relocated to Harare in 2007 to study journalism, and moved to Northerns, also joining the Takashinga Cricket Club.

[5] She was part of the national team's technical staff at the 2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier in the United Arab Emirates, under head coach Gary Brent.

[2] Mpofu had two children with her husband Shepherd Makunura, a professional cricket coach, who died in December 2022 following a long illness.