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born 1986 South Africa
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.
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Ever since that conversation, my batting and my bowling and everything has improved.
It's really important to not get stuck on the improvement part and really master your skillset, what makes you unique.
You need to really know and understand what the conditions are doing.
You need to know what your ball options are.
But again, my skill set as an allrounder is not of the nature that I can just rock up and play and have an impact.
I actually enjoy the quick turnaround of this tournament. The reason is because there's not much travelling.
And if they don't, then they don't, and I've done everything to give myself the best chance. I don't think you can be the answer for everyone.
You're playing home and away, home and away, home and away. [In the ILT20], when you have an off day, you really have an off day - it's not a travel day.
You only have 12 balls to impact the game [with the bat]. So you can't rock up there, not really sure what the length is that they're going to bowl on this wicket.
You've got that week before [SA20 to train], and then, as soon as you get into the tournament, there is no time because you're flying in between cities.
So there's much more thinking that goes behind the scenes, when you're trying to be a player with my specific skillset.
At the end of the day, I think players get themselves into trouble if they try and be like someone else and not really master what makes them, them.
Mentally, there's a lot of ups and downs in the role that I play for teams. But I enjoy the challenge…
We are very fortunate in our team to have six or seven bowling options…
You need to keep reinventing yourself, and then speaking to experienced players around the globe, and just taking some information from them
I need to make sure that all the percentages are in my favour, and that I've done all my own work to make sure that I'm 5% or 10% better.
You need to have a straight impact.
What do they like? What don't they like? And then also at the backend… looking at all the batters, you have that thing there.
A conversation I had with Mark Boucher one day really transformed my game.
Who are the [top four] in the powerplay? What do they look to do? Prepare for that. Maybe 12 balls in the nets for that type of scenario.
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