Prosper Utseya bowls right-arm off break and is a useful right-hand batsman.
15 Facts About Prosper Utseya
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Prosper Utseya was a promising talent at the school level and made his first-class debut as an opener for Mashonaland A at the age of 15.
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Prosper Utseya scored a fifty in a tight situation in just his second Logan Cup match against Manicaland a day before his 16th birthday and soon moved into the Under-19 and Zimbabwe A sides with some notable bowling performances along the way.
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Prosper Utseya has been a force to be reckoned with in Zimbabwean domestic cricket.
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Prosper Utseya continued to hold a place in a weakened national side and took up the captaincy from Terry Duffin in 2006.
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Prosper Utseya was consistently able to stem the flow of runs in the middle overs, and he provided two of the series highlights and 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.
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Prosper Utseya is the first and joint world record holder for conceding the fewest runs in a T20 International after bowling the complete quota of overs.
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Prosper Utseya tendered his resignation as national captain after the side's disappointing performance at the T20 World Cup in May 2010 saying that he was stepping down in the interest of the team's future development.
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Prosper Utseya led Zimbabwe in 67 one-day internationals, with 20 victories, and all 10 of the Twenty20 internationals the team has played.
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Prosper Utseya took a hat-trick against South Africa at Harare Sports Club and became the second Zimbabwean to claim a hat-trick when he dismissed three South African batsmen in consecutive deliveries in the third One-Day International match of the Tri-series in August 2014.
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Prosper Utseya accounted for the wickets of Quinton de Kock, Rilee Rossouw and David Miller.
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Prosper Utseya was the fourth offspinner to have been reported for a suspect action over the last few months; the others were Sachithra Senanayake, Kane Williamson, and Saeed Ajmal.
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Prosper Utseya was ranked 15th in the ICC ODI Bowling Rankings in September 2006.
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Prosper Utseya has a reputation for being an extremely parsimonious bowler, albeit with less wicket taking prowess.
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Prosper Utseya claimed that Campbell had "personal issues" against him, and was thus not included in the starting XI in any of the world cup games, despite being in the squad.