Prosper Utesya hat-tricks against South Africa at Harare Sports Club

There’re two numbers of hat-tricks that have been taken by Zimbabwean bowlers in ODI cricket. Before that Eddo Brandes have taken hat-trick against England in 1997. Moreover there’re now two hat-tricks that have been taken against South Africa in ODI cricket, the only previous one being Lasith Malinga's famous four-in-four-balls at Guyana during the 2007 World Cup. Prosper Utseya is the first Zimbabwean bowler who have taken five wickets against South Africa in ODI 29 Aug 2014.  In all, Zimbabwean bowlers have taken 16 five-fors in ODI cricket, with Brian Vitori, Paul Strang, Henry Olonga and Eddo Brandes being the only bowlers to take more than one - they have taken two each.

Player	Match	Venue	Date
Jalal-ud-Din	Pakistan v Australia	Hyderabad (P)	20/09/1982
BA Reid	Australia v New Zealand	Sydney	29/01/1986
C Sharma	India v New Zealand	Nagpur	31/10/1987
Wasim Akram	Pakistan v West Indies	Sharjah	14/10/1989
Wasim Akram	Pakistan v Australia	Sharjah	4/5/1990
Kapil Dev	India v Sri Lanka	Calcutta	4/1/1991
Aaqib Javed	Pakistan v India	Sharjah	25/10/1991
DK Morrison	New Zealand v India	Napier	25/03/1994
Waqar Younis	Pakistan v New Zealand	East London	19/12/1994
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan v Zimbabwe	Peshawar	3/11/1996
EA Brandes	Zimbabwe v England	Harare	3/1/1997
AM Stuart	Australia v Pakistan	Melbourne	16/01/1997
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan v Zimbabwe	The Oval	11/6/1999
WPUJC Vaas	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	8/12/2001
Mohammad Sami	Pakistan v West Indies	Sharjah	15/02/2002
WPUJC Vaas	Sri Lanka v Bangladesh	Pietermaritzburg	14/02/2003
B Lee	Australia v Kenya	Durban	15/03/2003
JM Anderson	England v Pakistan	The Oval	20/06/2003
SJ Harmison	England v India	Nottingham	1/9/2004
CK Langeveldt	South Africa v West Indies	Barbados	11/5/2005
Shahadat Hossain	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	Harare	2/8/2006
JE Taylor	West Indies v Australia	Mumbai (BS)	18/10/2006
SE Bond	New Zealand v Australia	Hobart	14/01/2007
*SL Malinga	Sri Lanka v South Africa	Guyana	28/03/2007
A Flintoff	England v West Indies	St Lucia	3/4/2009
MF Maharoof	Sri Lanka v India	Dambulla	22/06/2010
Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	3/12/2010
KAJ Roach	West Indies v Netherlands	Delhi	28/02/2011
SL Malinga	Sri Lanka v Kenya	Colombo (RPS)	1/3/2011
SL Malinga	Sri Lanka v Australia	Colombo (RPS)	22/08/2011
DT Christian	Australia v Sri Lanka	Melbourne	2/3/2012
NLTC Perera	Sri Lanka v Pakistan	Colombo (RPS)	16/06/2012
CJ McKay	Australia v England	Cardiff	14/09/2013
Rubel Hossain	Bangladesh v New Zealand	Dhaka	29/10/2013
Prosper Utseya	Zimbabwe v South Africa	Harare	29/08/2014

Player Re-Appeared After A Gap.

John Traicos made his Test debut for Zimbabwe in 1992-93, some 22 years 222 days after his previous Test, for South Africa in 1969-70. George Gunn, the old Nottinghamshire opener, had a gap of 17 years 316 days between the 1911-12 Ashes and his recall, aged 50, for the series in West Indies in 1929-30. Gunn held the record for more than 60 years. Pakistan Younis Ahmed played two Tests in 1969-70, then two more in 1986-87, after a gap of between his appearances was 17 years and 111 days. In terms of matches missed, , Martin Bicknell, who missed 114 England Tests between the 1993 Ashes series and a brief recall against South Africa ten years later.  Younis Ahmad is again third on the list with 104. The England seamer Derek Shackleton missed 103 Tests between 1951-52 and 1963, and West Indies played 109 between Floyd Reifer's fourth Test in South Africa in January 1999, and his recall for the fifth, as captain during a contracts dispute against Bangladesh at home in July 2009.

Span Missed

Player	Span	Mat	From	To	Missed Span
AJ Traicos (SA/Zim)	1970-1993	7	10-Mar-70	18-Oct-92	22y 222d
G Gunn (Eng)	1907-1930	15	1-Mar-12	11-Jan-30	17y 316d
Younis Ahmed (Pak)	1969-1987	4	2-Nov-69	21-Feb-87	17y 111d
JMM Commaille (SA)	1910-1928	12	14-Mar-10	14-Jun-24	14y 92d
DC Cleverley (NZ)	1932-1946	2	1-Mar-32	29-Mar-46	14y 28d
F Mitchell (Eng/SA)	1899-1912	5	4 Apr 1899	27-May-12	13y 53d
GM Carew (WI)	1935-1949	4	10-Jan-35	11-Feb-48	13y 32d

In Terms of Matches Missed

Player	Span	Mat	Team	From	To	Missed Span	Matches Missed
MP Bicknell	1993-2003	4	England	9-Aug-93	21-Aug-03	10y 12d	114
FL Reifer	1997-2009	6	West Indies	18-Jan-99	9-Jul-09	10y 172d	109
Younis Ahmed	1969-1987	4	Pakistan	2-Nov-69	21-Feb-87	17y 111d	104
D Shackleton	1950-1963	7	England	7-Nov-51	20-Jun-63	11y 225d	103
HL Jackson	1949-1961	2	England	26-Jul-49	6-Jul-61	11y 345d	96

John Traicos made his Test debut for Zimbabwe in 1992-93, some 22 years 222 days after his previous Test, for South Africa in 1969-70

Zimbabwe legspinner Graeme Cremer 4 for 4 in the first Test against Bangladesh

Zimbabwe legspinner Graeme Cremer 4 for 4 in the first Test against Bangladesh in Harare is the cheapest four-wicket haul in a Test: there were two previous instances of 4 for 5, by Pervez Sajjad for Pakistan against New Zealand in Rawalpin...di in 1964-65, and Ken Higgs for England v New Zealand in Christchurch in 1965-66. So far in 11 Test matches he has taken 24 wickets.

Full name Alexander Graeme Cremer

Born September 19, 1986, Harare

Current age 26 years 226 days

Major teams Zimbabwe, Mid West Rhinos, Northerns (Zimbabwe), Zimbabwe A, Zimbabwe Board XI, Zimbabwe Select XI, Zimbabwe Under-19s

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak googly