Alviro Petersen

Alviro Petersen

South African AllRounder

Personal Information

Full Name Alviro Nathan Petersen
Date of Birth November 25, 1980
Nationality South African
Role Batsman / Right hand Batsman
Family Samantha Peteren (Spouse)

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
RK vs NS 17 16 1 0 106.25 0 0 0 0
NS vs CL 49 34 4 1 144.12 0 0 0 0
RK vs NS 28 16 3 1 175.00 0 0 0 0
NS vs DD 10 14 0 0 71.43 0 0 0 0
NS vs DG 22 18 1 1 122.22 0 0 0 0

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 21 19 504 610 1 28.00 82.62 0 4 80 54 3 5 0
TESTs 36 64 2093 4044 4 34.88 51.75 5 8 182 256 12 31 0
T20Is 2 2 14 19 0 7.00 73.68 0 0 8 1 0 1 0
T20s 133 127 3113 2525 21 29.36 123.28 1 19 103 271 77 62 0
LISTAs 198 189 6275 0 15 36.06 0 12 34 145 0 0 75 0
FIRSTCLASS 226 388 14765 0 19 40.01 0 42 60 286 0 0 175 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
ODIs 21 1 1 7 0 0 7.00 0 0 0
TESTs 36 7 19 62 1 62.00 3.26 1/2 0 0
T20Is 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T20s 133 21 35.1 227 9 25.22 6.45 1/4 0 0
LISTAs 198 0 86.1 492 9 54.66 5.70 2/48 0 0
FIRSTCLASS 226 0 288.4 876 17 51.52 3.03 0 0 0

Alviro Petersen News

SK Flashback: Remembering India's win at Durban in 2010 SK Flashback: Remembering India's win at Durban in 2010
SK Flashback: Remembering India's win at Durban in 2010
Alviro Petersen banned for two years for match-fixing Alviro Petersen banned for two years for match-fixing
Alviro Petersen banned for two years for match-fixing
Newspaper's match-fixing goof-up leaves Kevin Pietersen red-faced Newspaper's match-fixing goof-up leaves Kevin Pietersen red-faced
Newspaper's match-fixing goof-up leaves Kevin Pietersen red-faced
Alviro Petersen rejects match-fixing accusations by Cricket South Africa Alviro Petersen rejects match-fixing accusations by Cricket South Africa
Alviro Petersen rejects match-fixing accusations by Cricket South Africa
Alviro Peterson charged under Cricket South Africa's anti-corruption code Alviro Peterson charged under Cricket South Africa's anti-corruption code
Alviro Peterson charged under Cricket South Africa's anti-corruption code

Alviro Petersen: A Brief Biography

Alviro Petersen Biography

Born on 25 November 1980, Alviro Petersen is a South African right handed batsman. He originally belongs to Port Elizabeth, Cape Town. In February 2010, in his Test debut against India, he became the 3rd South African to score century on debut.

Early Career

The son of a taxi driver, Peterson read in the same school to that of South African Test batsman Ashwell Prince. At the initial stage, he represented Northerns African cricket team and also played for South Africa A before being selected in the South Africa’s ODI team in 2006.

Debut

His test debut was against India, where he made a record in his name by becoming the third South African to score a hundred on debut. His ODI debut was against Zimbabwe at East London in the year 2006.

His career after the debut went a bit low and he failed to score good in the following three Test series against West Indies, Pakistan and India and finally was dropped from the side.

Rise to Glory

Disappointed by his failures, he went to sign for Glamorgan in the 2011 season and surprisingly was the highest run-getter for them.

With runs under his belt in the domestic season, and South Africa struggling to find a stable opening partner for Graeme Smith, Petersen was recalled to the Test side against Sri Lanka at Cape Town in January, 2012. He scored a century in his comeback match and became a regular member in the Test squad.

Petersen has hardly missed a Test since his comeback but unfortunately he has not scored a hundred in the last 11 Tests that he has played. With the retirement of Graeme Smith, the team management wanted Petersen to step up and guide the younger opener.

Retirement

On 6 January 2015, after the South Africa's victory in the third Test against the West Indies, Petersen announced his retirement from international cricket and that he would take up a Kolpak deal in English county cricket.

There was a dark phase of his life when he was banned in December 2016 from cricket for two years by the South African Cricket Board after his involvement in match-fixing in the 2015–16 domestic T20 competition.