Dwaine Pretorius

Dwaine Pretorius
Personal information
Born (1989-03-29) 29 March 1989
Randfontein, Transvaal Province, South Africa
Batting Right handed
Bowling Right arm Medium-Fast
Role Bowling all-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 119) 25 September 2016 v Ireland
Last ODI 18 October 2017 v Bangladesh
T20I debut (cap 71) 21 June 2017 v England
Last T20I 29 October 2017 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011 – present Highveld Lions (squad no. 29)
2010–2016 North West
2009–2010 Namibia (squad no. 77)
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 10 33 42 80
Runs scored 86 1,599 697 1,111
Batting average 21.50 39.97 36.68 20.96
100s/50s 0/1 4/9 -/6 -/2
Top score 50 177 77* 65
Balls bowled 446 4,931 1,781 1,034
Wickets 13 101 50 54
Bowling average 28.07 21.31 25.46 25.05
5 wickets in innings 0 3 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0
Best bowling 1/19 7/78 4/35 4/22
Catches/stumpings 3/- 6/- 5/– 18/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 October 2016

Dwaine Pretorius (born 29 March 1989) is a South African cricketer[1] who currently plays for Highveld Lions. He has represented South Africa at international level. He was included in the North West cricket team squad for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.[2] In August 2017, he was named in Cape Town Knight Riders' squad for the first season of the T20 Global League.[3] However, in October 2017, Cricket South Africa postponed the tournament until November 2018.[4]

International career

Debut

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.[5]

South Africa v Australia, 2016

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.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]

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.[10]

South Africa v England, 2017

In June 2017, he was named in South Africa's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against England.[11] He made his T20I debut for South Africa against England on 21 June 2017.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Dwaine Pretorius". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  2. ↑ North West Squad / Players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "T20 Global League announces final team squads". T20 Global League. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ireland tour of South Africa, Only ODI: South Africa v Ireland at Benoni, Sep 25, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Knee injury sidelines Morris for two months". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "3rd ODI: South Africa v Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "South Africa v Australia Scorecard". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "South Africa Celebrate Historic ODI Win". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Dwaine Pretorius called up to replace Steyn". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "AB to lead Proteas in T20 Series in England". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "South Africa tour of England, 1st T20I: England v South Africa at Southampton, Jun 21, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
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