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Prosper Utseya prospers for Zimbabwe

Utseya removed Quinton De Kock, Rilee Russouw and David Miller in consecutive balls

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Prosper Utseya is the second Zimbabwean to take a ODI hat-trick © AFP
Prosper Utseya is the second Zimbabwean to take an ODI hat-trick © AFP

As Prosper Utseya becomes 2nd Zimbabwean after Eddo Brandes to take hat-trick in One Day International cricket (ODI) cricket, Sandipan Banerjee finds out more about ODIs hat-tricks.

Prosper Utseya, the Zimbabwean off-spinners created history in the third ODI against South Africa on Friday when he became the second cricketer from his country to take an ODI hat-trick. Utseya removed Quinton De Kock, Rilee Russouw and David Miller in consecutive balls in the 27th over and changed the game completely. Eddo Brandes is the other Zimbabwe bowler to achieve this success in the history of 50 over’s cricket. His hat-trick was against England in 1997 at Harare.

Bowler For Against First wicket Second Wicket Third Wicket Fourth Wicket Venue Date
Jalal-ud-Din Pak Aus Rod Marsh (b) Bruce Yardley (c Wasim Bari) Geoff Lawson (b) Hyderabad, Sind 20-09-1982
Bruce Reid Aus NZ Bruce Blair (c Greg Matthews) Ervin McSweeney (c Allan Border) Stu Gillespie (b) SCG 29-01-1986
Chetan Sharma Ind NZ Ken Rutherford (b) Ian Smith (b) Ewen Chatfield (b) Nagpur 31-10-1987
Wasim Akram Pak WI Jeff Dujon (b) Malcolm Marshall (b) Curtly Ambrose (b) Sharjah 14-10-1989
Wasim Akram Pak Aus Merv Hughes (b) Carl Rackemann (b) Terry Alderman (b) Sharjah 04-05-1990
Kapil Dev Ind SL Roshan Mahanama (c Kiran More) Rumesh Ratnayake (lbw) Sanath Jayasuriya (c Sanjay Manjrekar) Eden Gardens 04-01-1991
Aaqib Javed Pak Ind Ravi Shastri (lbw) Mohammad Azharuddin (lbw) Sachin Tendulkar (lbw) Sharjah 25-10-1991
Danny Morrison NZ Ind Kapil Dev (b) Salil Ankola (b) Nayan Mongia (b) Napier 25-03-1994
Waqar Younis Pak NZ Chris Harris (b) Chris Pringle (b) Richard de Groen (b) East London 19-12-1994
Saqlain Mushtaq Pak Zim Grant Flower (c Moin Khan) John Rennie (c Moin Khan) Andy Whittall (c Saleem Malik) Peshawar 03-11-1996
Eddo Brandes Zim Eng Nick Knight (c Andy Flower) John Crawley (lbw) Nasser Hussain (c Andy Flower) Harare 03-01-1997
Anthony Stuart Aus Pak Ijaz Ahmed (c Ian Healy) Mohammad Wasim (c Ian Healy) Moin Khan (c Mark Taylor) MCG 16-01-1997
Saqlain Mushtaq Pak Zim Henry Olonga (st Moin Khan) Adam Huckle (st Moin Khan) Mpumelelo Mbangwa (lbw) The Oval 11-06-1999
Chaminda Vaas SL Zim Stuart Carlisle (c Suresh Perera) Craig Wishart (lbw) Tatenda Taibu (lbw) SSC 08-12-2001
Mohammad Sami Pak WI Ridley Jacobs (lbw) Corey Collymore (b) Cameron Cuffy (b) Sharjah 15-02-2002
Chaminda Vaas SL Ban Hannan Sarkar (b) Mohammad Ashraful (c & b) Ehsanul Haque (c Mahela Jayawardene) Pietermaritzburg 14-02-2003
Brett Lee Aus Ken Kennedy Otieno (b) Brijal Patel (c Ricky Ponting) David Obuya (b) Kingsmead 15-03-2003
James Anderson Eng Pak Abdul Razzaq (c Marcus Trescothick) Shoaib Akhtar (c Chris Read) Mohammad Sami (b) The Oval 20-06-2003
Steve Harmison Eng Ind Mohammad Kaif (c Geraint Jones) Lakshmipathy Balaji (c Andrew Flintoff) Ashish Nehra (c & b) Trent Bridge 01-09-2004
Charl Langeveldt SA WI Ian Bradshaw (b) Daren Powell (b) Corey Collymore (lbw) Kensington Oval 11-05-2005
Shahadat Hossain Ban Zim Tafadzwa Mufambisi (c Khaled Mashud) Elton Chigumbura (lbw) Tawanda Mupariwa (c Khaled Mashud) Harare 02-08-2006
Jerome Taylor WI Aus Michael Hussey (b) Brett Lee (lbw) Brad Hogg (b) Brabourne 18-10-2006
Shane Bond NZ Aus Cameron White (c Craig McMillan) Andrew Symonds (c Brendon McCullum) Nathan Bracken (b) Bellerive Oval 14-01-2007
Lasith Malinga SL SA Shaun Pollock (b) Andrew Hall (c Upul Tharanga) Jacques Kallis (c Kumar Sangakkara) Makhaya Ntini (b) Georgetown 28-03-2007
Andrew Flintoff Eng WI Denesh Ramdin (b) Ravi Rampaul (lbw) Sulieman Benn (b) Gros Islet 03-04-2009
Farveez Maharoof SL Ind Ravindra Jadeja (lbw) Praveen Kumar (b) Zaheer Khan (c Kumar Sangakkara) Dambulla 22-06-2010
Abdur Razzak Ban Zim Prosper Utseya (c Naeem Islam) Ray Price (lbw) Christopher Mpofu (lbw) Mirpur 03-12-2010
Kemar Roach WI Ned Pieter Seelaar (lbw) Bernard Loots (lbw) Berend Westdijk (b) Kotla 28-02-2011
Lasith Malinga SL Ken Tanmay Mishra (lbw) Peter Ongondo (b) Shem Ngoche (b) Premadasa 01-03-2011
Lasith Malinga SL Aus Mitchell Johnson (b) John Hastings (lbw) Xavier Doherty (b) Premadasa 22-08-2011
Dan Christian Aus SL Thisara Perera (c Michael Hussey) Sachithra Senanayake (lbw) Nuwan Kulasekara (lbw) MCG 02-03-2012
Thisara Perera SL Pak Younis Khan (c Kumar Sangakkara) Shahid Afridi (c Dinesh Chandimal) Sarfraz Ahmed (c Mahela Jayawardene) Premadasa 16-06-2012
Clint McKay Aus Eng Kevin Pietersen (lbw) Jonathan Trott (c Aaron Finch) Joe Root (c Shane Watson) Cardiff 14-09-2013
Rubel Hossain Ban NZ Corey Anderson (b) Brendon McCullum (c sub (Shamsur Rahman) Jimmy Neesham (c Mushfiqur Rahim) Mirpur 29-10-2013
Prosper Utseya Zim SA Quinton de Kock (c Tendai Chatara) Rilee Rossouw (c John Nyumbu) David Miller (b) Harare 29-08-2014
Taijul Islam Ban Zim Tinashe Panyangara (b) John Nyumbu (lbw) Tendai Chatara (b) Dhaka 01-12-2014

(Sandipan Banerjee is a reporter at Cricket Country. Cricket has been the biggest passion for him since his childhood. So, when it came to choosing his career, he chose to turn his passion into his profession. Apart from cricket he likes mountain trekking, river rafting and photography. His twitter handle is @im_sandipan)

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