Dewald Pretorius

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Dewald Pretorius South Africa (RSA)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling type	Right-arm fast
	Tests	First-class
Matches	4	67
Runs scored	22	508
Batting average	7.33	9.76
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	9	43
Balls bowled	570	11413
Wickets	6	231
Bowling average	71.66	27.40
5 wickets in innings	0	7
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	4/115	6/49
Catches/stumpings	0/-	16/-
Test debut: 8 March 2002 Last Test: 21 August 2003 Source: Cricinfo

Dewald Pretorius (born 6 December 1977 in Pretoria) is a South African cricketer. He is a right-arm fast bowler who debuted for the South Africa national cricket team in the second Test against Australia during the 2001/2002 series. He has not featured regularly for his country and last appeared in the fourth Test against England during 2003. Pretorius has also played, at county level, for the English sides Durham and Warwickshire, where he recorded career best List A figures of five wickets for 32 runs against Kent.

Pretorius achieved some notoriety during UK coverage of South Africa's 2003 Test series with England, because he was orphaned as a child. During the series his most famous moment is arguably bowling out Alec Stewart with an "in-swinging yorker".