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Prosper Utseya

Full name:	Prosper Utseya
Born:	26th March 1985, Harare, Zimbabwe
Batting:	Right-hand batsman
Bowling:	Right-arm off-break
Teams:	Zimbabwe (Test: 2004); Zimbabwe (ODI: 2004-2007/08); Zimbabwe (Int Twenty20: 2006/07-2007/08); Mashonaland A (Main FC: 2001/02); Mashonaland (Main FC: 2002/03); Manicaland (Main FC: 2003/04); Midlands (Main FC: 2004/05); Easterns (Zimbabwe) (Main FC: 2006/07-2007/08); Manicaland (Main ListA: 2003/04-2005/06); Midlands (Main ListA: 2004/05); Easterns (Zimbabwe) (Main ListA: 2008); Easterns (Zimbabwe) (Main Twenty20: 2007/08); All teams
Lists of matches and more detailed statistics
Articles:	Utseya fined 40 per cent of match fee for ICC Code of Conduct breach
	Bangladesh skipper demands all-round improvement
	Sri Lanka blitz Zimbabwe after another Tharanga ton
Pictures:	Prosper Utseya walks with teammates on their arrival at Karachi

Like so many youngsters, Prosper Utseya too got his chance to play for Zimbabwe when the rebel cricketers withdrew. This was against Sri Lanka in 2004. Since then he has been a regular member of the ODI squad and has impressed with his utility qualities being regarded as a one-day specialist. But it is his bowling that catches the eye more than his batting. An off spinner of some variety who is not afraid of giving the ball air Utseya has the ability to turn the ball and his economy if not the strike rate is admirable. In his lone Test against Sri Lanka at Harare in 2004 he top scored with 45 in his debut innings. He bowled very well on the tour of the West Indies in 2006 and was thrust into the captaincy for the series against Bangladesh that followed keeping the job for the ICC Champions Trophy in India later that year. A prodigy of sorts Utseya made his first class debut just before his 16th birthday scoring a half-century in a tight situation in just his second match.
Profile DateLine: 20th February 2007

Test Career Batting and Fielding (2004)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Zimbabwe	1	2	0	45	45	22.50	0	0	77.58	2

Test Career Bowling (2004)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Zimbabwe	72	2	55	0	0-55					4.58

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (2001/02-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	46	84	6	1604	115*	20.56	1	9	42.89	20

First-Class Career Bowling (2001/02-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	7840	278	3833	117	6-91	32.76	5	0	67.00	2.93

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2004-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Zimbabwe	71	57	20	400	31	10.81	0	0	56.81	21

One-Day International Career Bowling (2004-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Zimbabwe	3607	30	2482	46	3-35	53.95	0	0	78.41	4.12

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (2003/04-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	106	87	28	675	41	11.44	0	0	36

One-Day Career Bowling (2003/04-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	5299	38	3625	77	4-16	47.07	1	0	68.81	4.10

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Zimbabwe	3	2	2	20	13*		0	0	111.11	1

International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2006/07-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Zimbabwe	72	0	80	5	3-25	16.00	0	0	14.40	6.66

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	13	11	5	71	13*	11.83	0	0	74.73	5

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2006/07-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	280	1	282	13	3-14	21.69	0	0	21.53	6.04

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2003/04)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Zimbabwe Under-19s	4	2	0	5	5	2.50	0	0	100.00	0

Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (2003/04)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Zimbabwe Under-19s	156	0	97	4	4-41	24.25	1	0	39.00	3.73