Dwaine Pretorius, a South African all-rounder, has left international cricket. 60 times were played by Pretorius for South Africa. A participant in the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, the 33-year-old.
South African all-rounder Dwaine Pretorius has announced his immediate retirement from international cricket.
With appearances in 30 T20Is, 27 ODIs, and three Tests, Dwaine Pretorius has earned 60 South African caps across all three formats. In international cricket, Pretorius showed his skill with both the bat and the ball by scoring 1895 runs and taking 77 wickets across all forms.
Since making his international debut in 2016, Pretorius has played a consistent role in South Africa’s limited-overs cricket matches.
Dwaine was a member of the teams for both the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in 2021 and the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. He was a member of the T20 World Cup team in 2021. He was also a member of the Cricket World Cup team in 2019.
Dwaine Pretoriu finished as South Africa’s joint-highest wicket-taker with nine wickets in five T20 World Cup games. He won Player of the Match honors in South Africa’s match against Sri Lanka in the 2019 50-over competition. His stats for this match were 3/25. These stats earned him Player of the Match honors.
He had his first and only five-wicket haul in international cricket in Lahore in 2021, which was his finest effort in the shortest version of the game. In men’s T20I cricket, his 5/17 statistics are now the best by a South African player.
South African player Dwaine Pretorius
The 33-year-old said he wanted to play more franchise cricket overseas “to have a better balance in my job and family life” when he announced his retirement.
Pretorius said in a statement, “A few days ago, I made one of the toughest decisions in my cricket career.” I’ve decided to end my entire career in international cricket.
“When I was little, I only wanted to play for the Proteas team.” I didn’t know how it would happen, but God gave me the talent and a burning ambition to be successful. “The rest was left for him to handle.”
“I’ll focus on T20 and other shorter formats for the remainder of my career.”
To reach our aim of representing the Proteas, we put in numerous hours of practice with Hardus Viljoen, Chris Morris, Nicky van den Bergh, Rassie Van Der Dussen, Steven Cook, Tabraiz Shamsi, Anrich Nortje, Neil Mackenzie, and Andrea Agathagelou. I would not be where I am now without your help and support.
A special thank you to Faf Du Plessis, who helped me improve as a player and brought me back after the first time I was kicked off the international squad.
“I leave the Proteas knowing that I gave it everything every time I stepped onto the field. I carried beverages, went to team meetings, played with broken toes, fingers, and torn muscles, and helped other players whenever I could. It’s been really enjoyable.
Thank you to all of the supporters; you helped make it extra wonderful.