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 High School (the cradle of many black Zimbabwean players), thanks to Zimbabwe Cricket Union scholarships. He bowls a 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.

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. He resigned as captain in 2010.

He is the first and joint world record holder for conceding the least number of runs(6runs) in a T20 International after bowling the complete quota of overs(4 overs is the maximum quota in a T20 match).^{[1] [2]}

References

External links

• Cricinfo profile.

v t e Zimbabwe squad – 2007 Cricket World Cup 1 Taylor (c) 10 Kasteni 12 Brent 14 Williams 17 Dabengwa 23 Rainsford 26 Sibanda 28 Mpofu 33 Chibhabha 45 Matsikenyeri 47 Chigumbura 52 Utseya 53 Mupariwa 72 Duffin 88 Ireland Coach: Curran

v t e Zimbabwe squad – 2007 ICC World Twenty20 1 Taylor 3 Masakadza 12 Brent 14 Williams 17 Dabengwa 26 Sibanda 28 Mpofu 33 Chibhabha 44 Taibu 45 Matsikenyeri 47 Chigumbura 52 Utseya (c) 53 Mupariwa 58 Marumisa 65 Maruma Coach: Curran

v t e Zimbabwe squad – 2010 ICC World Twenty20 1 Taylor 3 Masakadza 6 Blignaut 7 Price 19 Lamb 28 Mpofu 30 Cremer 33 Chibhabha 44 Taibu 46 Sibanda 47 Chigumbura 52 Utseya (c) 65 Maruma 74 Coventry 77 C Ervine Coach: Butcher

v t e Zimbabwe squad – 2011 Cricket World Cup 1 Taylor 7 Price 14 Sibanda 19 Lamb 23 Panyangara 28 Mpofu 30 Cremer 44 Taibu 47 Chigumbura (c) 52 Utseya 72 Duffin 74 Coventry 77 C Ervine 86 Masakadza 91 Chakabva Coach: Butcher Sean Ervine, Tinotenda Mawoyo, Ed Rainsford and Sean Williams were named in the original squad but withdrew from the tournament

v t e Zimbabwe squad – 2012 ICC World Twenty20 1 Taylor (c) 3 Masakadza 7 Price 8 Jarvis 9 Waller 14 Sibanda 28 Mpofu 30 Cremer 45 Matsikenyeri 47 Chigumbura 52 Utseya 58 Muzhange 60 Vitori 66 Mutizwa (wk) 77 Ervine Coach: Butcher