Dwaine Pretorius

“Ever since that conversation, my batting and my bowling and everything has improved.”

“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.”

“A conversation I had with Mark Boucher one day really transformed my game.”

“Then in the middle, look at the possible batters we might face there. 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.”

“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.”

“We are very fortunate in our team to have six or seven bowling options… With bowling, it's a bit more of trying to prepare for three roles, because you might be asked to bowl in the powerplay. What are your plans there?”

“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.”

“What do they look to do? Prepare for that. Maybe 12 balls in the nets for that type of scenario. Then in the middle, look at the possible batters we might face there.”

“With bowling, it's a bit more of trying to prepare for three roles, because you might be asked to bowl in the powerplay. What are your plans there? Who are the [top four] in the powerplay?”

“We are very fortunate in our team to have six or seven bowling options…”

“It's also part of my nature to do some problem solving - find out where I went wrong, what can I improve on, how do we get better? It's an ever-evolving game”

“Mentally, there's a lot of ups and downs in the role that I play for teams. But I enjoy the challenge…”

“I mean, how hard do we work in the nets to get 5% to 10% better? I believe stats instantly make you 5% or 10% better.”

“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.”

“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.”

“[gathering] as much information as possible - what's nice is if you keep playing against the same players, you start learning their strengths and where they don't like it,”

“currently, cricket is really far behind the rest of the world in terms of utilising numbers”

“You need to have a straight impact.”

“What are the probable options? You need that information. You don't have six or seven balls to feel the wicket… to find out what this guy is doing.”

“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.”