Meet Prosper Uteseya, who prospered Zimbabwe with a hat trick against South Africa

New Delhi: Off-spinner Prosper Utseya on Friday became only the second Zimbabwean to take a hat-trick in One Day international and that too against the best side South Africa.Dismissing opener Quinton de Kock, Rilee Rossouw and David Miller in consecutive deliveries in the 27th over, the proteas were down to 231 all out from 142/0. Utseya ended with a career-best 5-36 and was backed up by fellow offspinner John Nyumbu, who took 3-42. The only other Zimbabwean to take a hat trick in ODIs was fast bowler Eddo Brandes against England at the same Harare ground in 1997. Utseya is also currently on report for a suspected illegal bowling action, although he is allowed to play pending tests.Zimbabwe had a real chance of a first ODI win over South Africa in 14 years and only its third ever over its African neighbor, but unfortunately they missed the opportunity by 61 runs.Know more about the wonder man Prosper Utseya:Prosper Utseya (born 26 March 1985) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. Rising from the ranks of township cricket in Harare's Highfield suburb, he attended Churchill Boys High School (the cradle of many black Zimbabwean players), thanks to Zimbabwe Cricket Union scholarships. He bowls right-arm off break and is a useful right-hand batsman.While his initial place in the national team owed much to the withdrawal of several white players after Heath Streak's dismissal from captaincy, Utseya has more than earned his place since. He was ranked 15th in the ICC ODI Bowling Rankings in September 2006.Always economical without being incisive, Utseya came of age with the ball during the tour to West Indies in May 2006, where his flight and spin belied his lack of experience and years. He was consistently able to stem the flow of runs in the middle overs, and he provided two of the series highlights - one when he comprehensively beat Brian Lara with successive deliveries in the first match in Trinidad, and the other his remarkable diving, juggling boundary catch in the second.He has a reputation for being an extremely parsimonious bowler, albeit with less wicket taking prowess. In a Cricinfo article from August 2006, he had the lowest economy rate (3.84) amongst all spinners in the history of ODI cricket. In comparison, the economy rates for Muttiah Muralitharan and Harbhajan Singh at the same time were 3.85 and 4.11 respectively.In July 2006, Prosper was appointed as the National Captain at the age of 21, replacing Terry Duffin at the last minute (see Cricinfo interview of August 2006). He got off to a good start, with a well fought 3-2 series victory against Bangladesh.However Utseya tendered his resignation as national captain after the side's disappointing performance at the World Twenty20 in May 2010, saying that he was stepping down in the interest of the team's future development.He is the first and joint world record holder for conceding the least number of runs (6 runs) in a T20 International after bowling the complete quota of overs (4 overs is the maximum quota in a T20 match).