Zimbabwe's Utseya great hat-trick but not enough for victory

HARARE:Zimbabwe's Utseya succeeded to become the first Hat-trick taker from Zimbabwe in one-day international, but still South Africa to pick up the 61-runs victory in Friday's triangular series brawl .

Utseya inspired a miraculous crumpled as he asserted the wickets of Quinton de Kock, Rilee Rossouw and David Miller just before the concluding with career-best figures of 5 for 36, but a last-wicket partnership of 36 carried South Africa to a total of 231 all out.

"At the time I was bowling a lot slower because I knew that I was on top and I had, I think, four guys around the bat," said Utseya.

That proved copious when Ryan McLaren and Dale Steyn took three wickets apiece to bowl Zimbabwe out for 170 in 38.3 overs.