HARARE, Aug 30 (AFP): Prosper Utseya became just the second Zimbabwean to take a hat-trick in a one-day international but South Africa still pulled off a 61-run victory in Friday's triangular series clash.
Utseya sparked a remarkable collapse as he claimed the wickets of Quinton de Kock, Rilee Rossouw and David Miller with consecutive deliveries before finishing with career-best figures of 5 for 36.
However a last-wicket partnership of 36 between Aaron Phangiso and Imran Tahir carried South Africa to a total of 231, which proved more than enough when Ryan McLaren and Dale Steyn took three wickets apiece to bowl Zimbabwe out for 170 in 38.3 overs.
South Africa 231 (de Kock 76, Amla 66, Utseya 5-36, Nyumbu 3-42) beat Zimbabwe 170 (Williams 46, McLaren 3-24, Steyn 3-36) by 61 runs.
S Africa beat Zimbabwe
FE Team | Published: August 31, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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