Alviro petersen biography for kids

Alviro Nathan Petersen born 25 November is a South African former cricketer who played for the Highveld Lions and for Lancashire until when he was banned from cricket for two years by Cricket South Africa after his involvement in match-fixing in the —16 Ram Slam T20 Challenge. He was the captain of the Highveld Lions in South African domestic cricket.

Petersen was born and raised in the township of Gelvandale in Port Elizabeth and attended the same state high school as fellow South African Test batsman Ashwell Prince. He scored his first double hundred in first class cricket against Surrey at the Oval and was named Glamorgan's player of the year. On 13 February , Essex confirmed Petersen will join the club for the first half of the county season.

We proposed something but [it was] rejected Just to put the record straight, I enjoyed my time with Glamorgan, and yes, would have wanted it to continue".

Alviro petersen biography for kids: Alviro Nathan Petersen (born 25

He left Essex 31 May Petersen joined Somerset as their overseas player for the first part of the season. In , Petersen joined his 4th English county, Lancashire. He scored over a thousand runs in the County Championship and was successful in white ball cricket too including a hundred vs Leicestershire at Grace Road. He made his Test debut in February against India in Kolkata , and he scored a century.