Dewald Pretorius is a cricket player (born 6 December, 1977 in Pretoria, South Africa). He is a right-arm fast bowler who debuted for the South African test 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 side Durham and Warwickshire, where he recorded career best List A figures of five wickets for 32 runs against Kent.