Dwaine Pretorius who is a cricketer from South African was born on 29th March 1989 at Randfontein. He is called an all-rounder but he could bowl at a sheer speed of 140 kilometers per hour in his early days of cricket and was a useful lower-order batsman. In the time after Jacques Kallis said goodbye to cricket, South African cricket was looking towards the rise of Pretorius in international cricket. His away swingers as well as effective batting in the lower order carried him to the senior national squad for international exposure.

But Dwaine Pretorius has been plagued by injuries from the beginning of cricket days. Despite having got the call-up for South Africa’s under-19 squad for the under-19 World Cup in 2008 the 31-year old all-rounder was not able to get into the playing eleven as he had torn cartilage in his right knee. Pretorius, being frustrated with continuous injuries had decided to leave cricket and set focus on study and he did it for the next years.

After three years, Pretorius accomplished with a degree in accounting, returned to cricket to test his luck in the sport for another time, and gradually settled himself in the eyes of national selectors. Pretorius having realized about his injuries, had given up striving for speed in his bowling. Rather he tried to follow Vernon Philander’s accuracy by reducing his bowling speed and tried to introduce more variety and control in his swing bowling. Last year Dwaine Pretorius had once decided to move to England signing a Kolpak deal with Nottinghamshire and finally represent England in international cricket. But ultimately he changed his decision of staying back in South Africa after being convinced and offered a contract by former South African international cricketer Graeme Smith, the new interim director of Cricket South Africa.

Dwaine Pretorius had made his debut in First-class cricket in 2011, coming back to cricket after a gap of three years. Playing for the North-West Provincial side in the Provincial Three-Day Challenge Cup, Pretorius scored 53 runs and scalped 5 wickets for only 38 runs. In the List 'A' cricket also Pretorius made his debut in the same year against Orange Free State and earned one wicket for 27 runs. Pretorius has so far participated in 60 First-class matches and captured 173 wickets including his best bowling of 10 wickets for 75 runs in a match while scored 2762 runs including five centuries and 16 fifties at an average of 35.87. In List 'A' cricket also, Pretorius has claimed 99 wickets from 88 matches and scored 1557 runs.

Dwaine Pretorius made his debut in the One-Day International in 2016 against Ireland at Benoni. Pretorius did not get the scope of batting in the only ODI where South Africa won by 206 runs. However, with the ball Pretorius failed to impress, capturing only one wicket at the cost of 19 runs from 5 overs. He has so far participated in 22 ODIs and scored 135 runs with an average of 15 while with the ball Pretorius has bagged 29 wickets from 22 matches including his best bowling of 3 wickets for 5 runs.

Dwaine Pretorius had begun his journey in Test last year in the first Test against England at Centurion. He scored 33 runs off 45 deliveries in the first innings and scalped only one wicket at the cost of 23 runs from his 8 overs while in the second innings Pretorius got out for only 7 runs and also bagged only one wicket at the cost of 26 runs from his 16 overs. However, Pretorius has played in only 3 Tests so far and scored 83 runs while he has scalped 7 wickets in many matches.

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Dwaine Pretorius started his journey in the Twenty20 International against England in 2017. The math was played at Southampton. Pretorius was expensive with the ball, giving away 20 runs in 2 overs being wicket-less. Pretorius has participated in 11 T20Is so far and scalped only 7 wickets while with the bat he has scored 135 runs including his best score of unbeaten 77.

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