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{{short description|South African cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use South African English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Dwaine Pretorius
| image =
| country = South Africa
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|3|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Randfontein]], [[Transvaal Province]], South Africa
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
| role = [[Bowling all-rounder]]

| international = true
| internationalspan = 2016–2022

| testdebutdate = 26 December
| testdebutyear = 2019
| testdebutagainst = England
| testcap = 341
| lasttestdate = 24 January
| lasttestyear = 2020
| lasttestagainst = England

| odidebutdate = 25 September
| odidebutyear = 2016
| odidebutagainst = Ireland
| odicap = 119
| lastodidate = 24 July
| lastodiyear = 2022
| lastodiagainst = England

| T20Idebutdate = 21 June
| T20Idebutyear = 2017
| T20Idebutagainst = England
| T20Icap = 71
| lastT20Idate = 4 October
| lastT20Iyear = 2022
| lastT20Iagainst = India

| club1 = [[North West (cricket team)|North West]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|2010/11–present}}

| club2 = [[Imperial Lions|Lions]]
| year2 = {{nowrap|2011/12–2020/21}}

| club3 = [[Jozi Stars]]
| year3 = 2018

| club4 = [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]]
| year4 = 2019

| club5 = [[Paarl Rocks]]
| year5 = 2019

| club6 = [[Chennai Super Kings]]
| year6 = 2022–2023

| club7 = [[Welsh Fire]]
| year7 = 2022

| club8 = [[St Kitts and Nevis Patriots]]
| year8 = 2022

| club9 = [[Durban's Super Giants]]
| year9 = 2023

| club10 = [[Fortune Barishal]]
| year10 = 2023

| club11 = [[Quetta Gladiators]]
| year11 = 2023

|club12 = [[Guyana Amazon Warriors]]
|year12 = 2023-present
|club13 = [[Durban's Super Giants]]
|year13 = 2023-present

| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| matches1 = 3
| runs1 = 83
| bat avg1 = 13.83
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 37
| deliveries1 = 480
| wickets1 = 7
| bowl avg1 = 36.00
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/26
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| matches2 = 27
| runs2 = 192
| bat avg2 = 16.00
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1
| top score2 = 50
| deliveries2 = 1,144
| wickets2 = 35
| bowl avg2 = 27.05
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 4/36
| catches/stumpings2 = 11/–
| column3 = [[Twenty20 International|T20I]]
| matches3 = 30
| runs3 = 261
| bat avg3 = 21.75
| 100s/50s3 = 0/1
| top score3 = 77[[not Out|*]]
| deliveries3 = 504
| wickets3 = 35
| bowl avg3 = 19.88
| fivefor3 = 1
| tenfor3 = 0
| best bowling3 = 5/17
| catches/stumpings3 = 6/–
| column4 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches4 = 61
| runs4 = 2,805
| bat avg4 = 35.50
| 100s/50s4 = 5/16
| top score4 = 177
| deliveries4 = 9,351
| wickets4 = 173
| bowl avg4 = 24.64
| fivefor4 = 6
| tenfor4 = 1
| best bowling4 = 6/38
| catches/stumpings4 = 18/–
| date = 1 January 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/dwaine-pretorius-327830 ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''Dwaine Pretorius''' (born 29 March 1989) is a former South African international [[cricket]]er who currently plays in various T20 leagues around the globe and for [[North West (cricket team)|North West]] in domestic cricket as a bowling all-rounder. He announced his retirement from international cricket on 9 January 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Dwaine Pretorius retires from internationals to focus on T20s |work=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/dwaine-pretorius-of-south-africa-retires-from-international-cricket-at-33-wants-to-shift-focus-to-t20s-1352896?platform=amp}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 January 2023 |title=Dwaine Pretorius Announces Retirement From International Cricket |url=https://www.probatsman.com/dwaine-pretorius-announces-retirement-from-international-cricket |access-date=9 January 2023 |website=ProBatsman}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=South Africa all-rounder Pretorius announces shock retirement |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/3013813 |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=www.icc-cricket.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Domestic and T20 career==
He was included in the [[North West cricket team]] squad for the [[2015 Africa T20 Cup]].<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/africa-t20-cup-2015-16/content/squad/913125.html North West Squad / Players] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2015.</ref> In August 2017, he was named in [[Cape Town Knight Riders]]' squad for the first season of the [[T20 Global League]].<ref name="T20GL">{{cite web|url=http://www.t20.gl/news/t20-global-league-announces-final-team-squads|title=T20 Global League announces final team squads|access-date=28 August 2017|work=T20 Global League|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905185645/https://www.t20.gl/news/t20-global-league-announces-final-team-squads|archive-date=5 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, in October 2017, [[Cricket South Africa]] initially postponed the tournament until November 2018, with it being cancelled soon after.<ref name="PP">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/1123408.html |title=Cricket South Africa postpones Global T20 league |access-date=10 October 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

In October 2018, he was named in [[Jozi Stars]]' squad for the [[2018 Mzansi Super League|first edition]] of the [[Mzansi Super League]] T20 tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/live-mzansi-super-league-player-draft-20181017 |title=Mzansi Super League - full squad lists |work=Sport24 |access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/domestic/mzansi-super-league-player-draft-the-story-so-far-17521199 |title=Mzansi Super League Player Draft: The story so far |work=Independent Online |access-date=17 October 2018}}</ref> In April 2019, Pretorius was signed by [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] to play in the [[2019 t20 Blast]] tournament in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26601045/dwaine-pretorius-joins-northamptonshire-vitality-t20-blast |title=Dwaine Pretorius joins Northamptonshire for Vitality T20 Blast |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 April 2019}}</ref>

In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Edinburgh Rocks in the [[2019 Euro T20 Slam|inaugural edition]] of the [[Euro T20 Slam]] cricket tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27222261/eoin-morgan-represent-dublin-franchise-inaugural-euro-t20-slam |title=Eoin Morgan to represent Dublin franchise in inaugural Euro T20 Slam |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=19 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2019/articles/000010/001060.shtml |title=Euro T20 Slam Player Draft completed |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=19 July 2019 |archive-date=19 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719163945/https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2019/articles/000010/001060.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27387389/inaugural-euro-t20-slam-cancelled-two-weeks-notice |title=Inaugural Euro T20 Slam cancelled at two weeks' notice |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref> In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the [[Paarl Rocks]] team for the [[2019 Mzansi Super League]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricket.co.za/news/31555/MSL-20-announces-its-T20-squads |title=MSL 2.0 announces its T20 squads |work=Cricket South Africa |access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref> In December 2019, he was drafted by the [[Pakistan Super League]] (PSL) franchise team [[Peshawar Zalmi]] as their silver Category pick at the [[2020 Pakistan Super League players draft|2020 PSL draft]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28241022/six-teams-look-like|title=PSL 2020: What the six teams look like|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=7 December 2019}}</ref>

In April 2021, he was named in [[North West (cricket team)|North West]]'s squad, ahead of the 2021–22 cricket season in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricket.co.za/news/38184/CSA-reveals-Division-One-squads-for-2021-22 |title=CSA reveals Division One squads for 2021/22 |work=Cricket South Africa |access-date=20 April 2021}}</ref> In February 2022, he was bought by the [[Chennai Super Kings]] in the [[List of 2022 Indian Premier League personnel changes|auction]] for the [[2022 Indian Premier League]] tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2022-auction-the-list-of-sold-and-unsold-players-1300689 |title=IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref> In July 2022, he was signed by the [[Colombo Stars]] for the [[2022 Lanka Premier League|third edition]] of the [[Lanka Premier League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/lpl-2022-draft-kandy-falcons-sign-wanindu-hasaranga-bhanuka-rajapaksa-to-turn-out-for-dambulla-giants-1323338 |title=LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 July 2022}}</ref>

==International career==
Pretorius made his international debut for South Africa [[Irish cricket team in South Africa in 2016–17|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.<ref name="ODI">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/936131.html |title=Ireland tour of South Africa, Only ODI: South Africa v Ireland at Benoni, Sep 25, 2016 |access-date=25 September 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

In September 2016 Pretorius was added to South Africa's [[One Day International]] squad for their series [[Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2016–17|against Australia]] after [[Chris Morris (cricketer)|Chris Morris]] suffered a knee injury.<ref name="Morris">{{cite news |title=Knee injury sidelines Morris for two months |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/1058521.html |work=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media |date=23 September 2016 |access-date=23 September 2016 }}</ref>

Pretorius made his second international appearance in the 3rd ODI against [[Australia cricket team|Australia]]. He took 0–42 off six overs and hit 15 off 20 balls as the team chased down 371 to beat Australia.<ref name="3rd ODI, Australia 2016">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/936139.html |title=3rd ODI: South Africa v Australia |access-date=7 October 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Pretorius was also selected to play in the 4th ODI against Australia and claimed the wicket of [[George Bailey (cricketer, born 1982)|George Bailey]]; returning figures of 1–33 from 7 overs.<ref name="South Africa v Australia Scorecard">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/ECKP90986|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012112919/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/ECKP90986|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2016|title=South Africa v Australia Scorecard |access-date=13 October 2016 |work=British Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> 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.<ref name="South Africa Celebrate Historic ODI Win">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/37640748|title=South Africa Celebrate Historic ODI Win|access-date=13 October 2016 |work=British Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref>

In November 2016 Pretorius was added to South Africa's [[Test cricket|Test]] squad for their series [[South African cricket team in Australia in 2016–17|against Australia]]. He replaced [[Dale Steyn]] who suffered a shoulder injury during the first Test.<ref name="PretoriusTest">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-south-africa-2016-17/content/story/1065077.html |title=Dwaine Pretorius called up to replace Steyn |access-date=7 November 2016 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> In June 2017, he was named in South Africa's [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) squad for their series [[South African cricket team in England in 2017|against England]].<ref name="SAT20I">{{cite web |url=http://cricket.co.za/news/19014/AB-to-lead-Proteas-in-T20-Series-in-England |title=AB to lead Proteas in T20 Series in England |access-date=13 June 2017 |work=Cricket South Africa}}</ref> He made his T20I debut for South Africa against England on 21 June 2017.<ref name="T20I">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1031431.html |title=South Africa tour of England, 1st T20I: England v South Africa at Southampton, Jun 21, 2017 |access-date=21 June 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> In April 2019, he was named in [[2019 Cricket World Cup squads#South Africa|South Africa's squad]] for the [[2019 Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1181308.html |title=Hashim Amla in World Cup squad; Reeza Hendricks, Chris Morris miss out |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1183187 |title=Amla edges out Hendricks to make South Africa's World Cup squad |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=18 April 2019}}</ref> In December 2019, he was named in South Africa's [[Test cricket|Test]] squad for their series [[English cricket team in South Africa in 2019–20|against England]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28311705/sa-include-six-uncapped-players-england-tests |title=SA include six uncapped players for England Tests |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref> He made his Test debut for South Africa, against [[England cricket team|England]], on 26 December 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1185304.html |title=1st Test, ICC World Test Championship at Centurion, Dec 26-30 2019 |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref> In March 2020, he was awarded with a national contract by [[Cricket South Africa]] ahead of the 2020–21 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28942341/beuran-hendricks-earns-csa-national-contract-dale-steyn-left-out |title=Beuran Hendricks earns CSA national contract, Dale Steyn left out |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricket.co.za/news/35200/CSA-announces-Proteas-contract-squads-for-2020-21 |title=CSA announces Proteas contract squads for 2020/21 |work=Cricket South Africa |access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref>

On 13 February 2021, during the series [[South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2020–21|against Pakistan]], Pretorius took his first [[List of five-wicket hauls in Twenty20 International cricket|five-wicket haul in T20Is]], with 5/17.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://supersport.com/cricket/pakistan-v-south-africa-202021/news/210213_Pretorius_restricts_Pakistan |title=Pretorius restricts Pakistan |work=SuperSport |access-date=13 February 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> These were also the [[List of South Africa Twenty20 International cricket records#Best figures in an innings|best figures]] by a bowler for South Africa in a T20I match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1251641.html |title=Dwaine Pretorius' record five-for helps South Africa draw level |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref> In September 2021, Pretorius was named in South Africa's squad for the [[2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/t20-world-cup-south-africa-leave-out-faf-du-plessis-and-imran-tahir-and-chris-morris-1276995 |title=T20 World Cup: South Africa leave out Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir and Chris Morris |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref>

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