Dwaine Pretorius

Dwaine Pretorius (born 29 March 1989) is a former South African international cricketer who currently plays in various T20 leagues around the globe and for North West in domestic cricket as a bowling all-rounder. He announced his retirement from international cricket on 9 January 2023.^[1][2][3]

Dwaine Pretorius

Personal information
Born	(1989-03-29) 29 March 1989 (age 35) Randfontein, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Bowling all-rounder
International information
National side	South Africa (2016–2022)
Test debut (cap 341)	26 December 2019 v England
Last Test	24 January 2020 v England
ODI debut (cap 119)	25 September 2016 v Ireland
Last ODI	24 July 2022 v England
T20I debut (cap 71)	21 June 2017 v England
Last T20I	4 October 2022 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2010/11–present	North West
2011/12–2020/21	Lions
2018	Jozi Stars
2019	Northamptonshire
2019	Paarl Rocks
2022-present	Chennai Super Kings
2022	Welsh Fire
2022	St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
2023	Durban's Super Giants
2023	Fortune Barishal
2023	Quetta Gladiators
2023-present	Guyana Amazon Warriors
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 3 27 30 61 Runs scored 83 192 261 2,805 Batting average 13.83 16.00 21.75 35.50 100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/1 5/16 Top score 37 50 77* 177 Balls bowled 480 1,144 504 9,351 Wickets 7 35 35 173 Bowling average 36.00 27.05 19.88 24.64 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 6 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 1 Best bowling 2/26 4/36 5/17 6/38 Catches/stumpings 2/– 11/– 6/– 18/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 January 2023

Domestic and T20 career

He was included in the North West cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.^[4] In August 2017, he was named in Cape Town Knight Riders' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.^[5] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.^[6]

In October 2018, he was named in Jozi Stars' squad for the first edition of the Mzansi Super League T20 tournament.^[7][8] In April 2019, Pretorius was signed by Northamptonshire to play in the 2019 t20 Blast tournament in England.^[9]

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.^[10][11] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.^[12] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Paarl Rocks team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.^[13] In December 2019, he was drafted by the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise team Peshawar Zalmi as their silver Category pick at the 2020 PSL draft.^[14]

In April 2021, he was named in North West's squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.^[15] In February 2022, he was bought by the Chennai Super Kings in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.^[16] In July 2022, he was signed by the Colombo Stars for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.^[17]

International career

Pretorius made his international debut for South Africa against Ireland in a One Day International on 25 September 2016; taking one for 19 with the ball and was not required to bat in South Africa's 206 run win.^[18]

In September 2016 Pretorius was added to South Africa's One Day International squad for their series against Australia after Chris Morris suffered a knee injury.^[19]

Pretorius made his second international appearance in the 3rd ODI against Australia. He took 0–42 off six overs and hit 15 off 20 balls as the team chased down 371 to beat Australia.^[20] Pretorius was also selected to play in the 4th ODI against Australia and claimed the wicket of George Bailey; returning figures of 1–33 from 7 overs.^[21] He was not required to bat in South Africa's innings and was not selected to play in the 5th ODI as South Africa white-washed Australia 5–0.^[22]

In November 2016 Pretorius was added to South Africa's Test squad for their series against Australia. He replaced Dale Steyn who suffered a shoulder injury during the first Test.^[23] In June 2017, he was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against England.^[24] He made his T20I debut for South Africa against England on 21 June 2017.^[25] In April 2019, he was named in South Africa's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.^[26][27] In December 2019, he was named in South Africa's Test squad for their series against England.^[28] He made his Test debut for South Africa, against England, on 26 December 2019.^[29] In March 2020, he was awarded with a national contract by Cricket South Africa ahead of the 2020–21 season.^[30][31]

On 13 February 2021, during the series against Pakistan, Pretorius took his first five-wicket haul in T20Is, with 5/17.^[32] These were also the best figures by a bowler for South Africa in a T20I match.^[33] In September 2021, Pretorius was named in South Africa's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[34]

References

1. "Dwaine Pretorius retires from internationals to focus on T20s". ESPNcricinfo.
2. "Dwaine Pretorius Announces Retirement From International Cricket". ProBatsman. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
3. "South Africa all-rounder Pretorius announces shock retirement". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
4. North West Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
5. "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
6. "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
7. "Mzansi Super League - full squad lists". Sport24. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
8. "Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far". Independent Online. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
9. "Dwaine Pretorius joins Northamptonshire for Vitality T20 Blast". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
10. "Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
11. "Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
12. "Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
13. "MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
14. "PSL 2020: What the six teams look like". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
15. "CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
16. "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
17. "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
18. "Ireland tour of South Africa, Only ODI: South Africa v Ireland at Benoni, Sep 25, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
19. "Knee injury sidelines Morris for two months". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
20. "3rd ODI: South Africa v Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
21. "South Africa v Australia Scorecard". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
22. "South Africa Celebrate Historic ODI Win". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
23. "Dwaine Pretorius called up to replace Steyn". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
24. "AB to lead Proteas in T20 Series in England". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
25. "South Africa tour of England, 1st T20I: England v South Africa at Southampton, Jun 21, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
26. "Hashim Amla in World Cup squad; Reeza Hendricks, Chris Morris miss out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
27. "Amla edges out Hendricks to make South Africa's World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
28. "SA include six uncapped players for England Tests". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
29. "1st Test, ICC World Test Championship at Centurion, Dec 26-30 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
30. "Beuran Hendricks earns CSA national contract, Dale Steyn left out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
31. "CSA announces Proteas contract squads for 2020/21". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
32. "Pretorius restricts Pakistan". SuperSport. Retrieved 13 February 2021.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
33. "Dwaine Pretorius' record five-for helps South Africa draw level". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
34. "T20 World Cup: South Africa leave out Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir and Chris Morris". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 September 2021.

External links

• Dwaine Pretorius at ESPNcricinfo