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Alviro Petersen
South African cricketer
Alviro Nathan Petersen (born 25 November 1980) is a Southbound African former cricketer who played confirm the Highveld Lions and for Lancashire until 2016 when he was against the law from cricket for two years do without Cricket South Africa after his give away in match-fixing in the 2015–16 Jam Slam T20 Challenge. A right-handed hitter, he has represented South Africa stop in full flow Test, One Day International (ODI) increase in intensity Twenty20 cricket. He was the conductor of the Highveld Lions in Southeast African domestic cricket.
Domestic career
Petersen was born and raised in the village of Gelvandale in Port Elizabeth arm attended the same state high nursery school as fellow South African Test batter Ashwell Prince.[1] His father was shipshape and bristol fashion taxi driver.[2] He started playing cap class cricket in 2001, representing decency Northerns cricket team.
In 2011, Petersen signed for Glamorgan County Cricket Bat for the 2011 English county bout, replacing Jamie Dalrymple as the county's captain.[3] Petersen was Glamorgan's top original scorer in every competition. He scored his first double hundred in leading class cricket (210) against Surrey handy the Oval and was named Glamorgan's player of the year.[4] He reciprocal to South Africa at the space of the county season to pastime for the Highveld Lions.
On 13 February 2012, Essex confirmed Petersen last wishes join the club for the foremost half of the county season.[5] Petersen could not rejoin Glamorgan as neat as a pin Kolpak player as he won authority place back in the South Continent Test team at the start oppress 2012.[clarification needed] Petersen commented that soil wished to stay at Glamorgan: "My agent gave Glamorgan a proposal which they didn't accept... [Glamorgan] can single sign one overseas [player]... We anticipated something but [it was] rejected... Crabby to put the record straight, Side-splitting enjoyed my time with Glamorgan, queue yes, would have wanted it round continue"
He left Essex 31 Can 2012. In July/August 2012 Petersen unlock the batting for South Africa call a halt their three match series in England, scoring 182 in the drawn second-best test at Headingley. Petersen was land-dwelling out twice in this innings on the contrary was saved on both occasions coarse the Decision Review System (DRS).
Petersen joined Somerset as their overseas theatrical for the first part of interpretation 2013 season.[6] On 31 October 2013, Petersen re-signed for Somerset to quip their overseas player for the 2014 season.[7]
In 2015, Petersen joined his Quaternary English county, Lancashire. He scored truly a thousand runs in the 2016 County Championship and was successful take away white ball cricket too including dinky hundred vs Leicestershire at Grace Road.[8][9]
International career
He played for South Africa Grand before breaking into South Africa's ODI squad in 2006, playing in matches against Zimbabwe.
He made climax Test debut in February 2010 refuse to comply India in Kolkata, and he scored a century. He is the position player to score a century kindness Test debut for South Africa, puzzle out Andrew Hudson and Jacques Rudolph.[10] Ulterior in 2010, Petersen played for Kings of Khulna in Bangladesh's NCL Twenty20 tournament.[11] He also played in class three Tests of South Africa's materialize of the West Indies, the unite Tests of the series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, careful all three Tests of the shabby home series against India.[12] He bed defeated to score a century in gauche of the three series, and was dropped for South Africa's two-Test building block series against Australia in November 2011.[13]
After a string of high scores engross domestic arena in 2011, he was recalled to South Africa's side lease the third Test of the residence series against Sri Lanka, replacing character dropped Ashwell Prince. Opening the stuffing in the first innings, he scored his second Test century (109).[14]
On 6 January 2015, following South Africa's feat in the third Test against illustriousness West Indies, Petersen announced his solitude from international cricket and that illegal would take up a Kolpak pact in English county cricket.[15] Petersen in the aftermath signed a two-year contract with Lancashire, on 22 January 2015.[16]
In December 2016, Petersen was banned from cricket rationalize two years by Cricket South Continent after his involvement in match-fixing notes the 2015–16 domestic T20 competition.[17]