Alviro Petersen

Alviro Petersen
Personal information
Full name Alviro Nathan Petersen
Born 25 November 1980 (1980-11-25) (age 31)
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Nickname Viro
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm off-break
Role Batsman
International information
National side South Africa
Test debut 14 February 2010 v India
Last Test 2 January 2011 v India
ODI debut 18 September 2006 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI 28 May 2010 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years Team
North West
Northerns
Titans
2011- Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs FC LA
Matches 10 14 119 129
Runs scored 681 377 7,667 3,718
Batting average 33.65 34.27 37.76 32.05
100s/50s 2/3 0/4 20/34 5/23
Top score 109 80 210 124
Balls bowled 72 6 406 140
Wickets 1 0 7 3
Bowling average 36.00 – 58.00 46.66
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 1/2 0/7 2/7 1/13
Catches/stumpings 5/– 2/– 91/– 42/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 August 2011

Alviro Nathan Petersen (born 25 November 1980) is a South African cricketer who plays his domestic cricket for the Highveld Lions. A right-handed batsman, he has represented South Africa in Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 cricket. He is 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.[1] His father was a taxi driver.[2] He started playing first class cricket in 2001, representing the Northerns cricket team. He played for South Africa A before breaking into the South Africa's ODI squad in 2006, playing in two matches against Zimbabwe. He made his Test debut in February 2010, against India in Kolkata, and scored a century. He is the third player to have scored a century on Test debut for South Africa, after Andrew Hudson and Jacques Rudolph.[3] Later in 2010, Petersen played for Kings of Khulna in Bangladesh's NCL Twenty20 tournament.[4] He also played in the three Tests of South Africa's tour of the West Indies, the two Tests of the series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates, and all three Tests of the drawn home series against India.[5] He failed to score a century in any of the three series, and was dropped for South Africa's two-Test home series against Australia in November 2011.[6]

Meanwhile, Petersen signed for Glamorgan County Cricket Club for the 2011 English county season, replacing Jamie Dalrymple as the county's captain.[7] Petersen was Glamorgan's top run scorer in every competition. He scored his first double hundred in first class cricket (210) against Surrey at The Oval, and was named Glamorgan's player of the year.[8] He returned to South Africa at the end of the county season to play for the Highveld Lions, and after a string of high scores was recalled to South Africa's side for the third Test of the home series against Sri Lanka, replacing the dropped Ashwell Prince. Opening the batting in the first innings, he scored his second Test century (109).[9]

References

  1. ^ "Sunshine and space have helped make Alviro Petersen and Co a force to be reckoned with". The Telegraph. 1 December 2009. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/southafrica/6693774/Sunshine-and-space-have-helped-make-Alviro-Petersen-and-Co-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with.html. Retrieved 4 January 2012. 
  2. ^ Chakrabarty, Shamik (15 December 2010). "Son of a cabbie becomes the story of Eden". Indian Express. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/son-of-a-cabbie-becomes-the-story-of-eden/579681/0. Retrieved 4 January 2012. 
  3. ^ "Alviro Petersen: South Africa". ESPNcricinfo. http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46934.html. Retrieved 3 January 2012. 
  4. ^ "Rangers shatter Kings dream". www.sportsencounter.com. 22 April 2010. http://www.sportsencounter.com/news/cricket/rangers-shatter-kings-dream-2990.html. Retrieved 3 January 2012. 
  5. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / AN Petersen / Test matches". ESPNcricinfo. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/46934.html?class=1;template=results;type=allround;view=match. Retrieved 4 January 2012. 
  6. ^ Adams, Zaahier (4 January 2012). "Proteas set to select rookie". The Independent. http://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/proteas/proteas-set-to-select-rookie-1.1193020?showComments=true. Retrieved 4 January 2012. 
  7. ^ "Glamorgan replace Jamie Dalrymple with Alviro Petersen". BBC News. 16 November 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/counties/glamorgan/9194415.stm. Retrieved 4 January 2012. 
  8. ^ "Glamorgan optimistic on re-signing Petersen as Kolpak". BBC News. 4 January 2012. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/16412570.stm. Retrieved 4 January 2012. 
  9. ^ "Petersen: Jacques deserves full credit". www.cricket365.com. 4 January 2012. http://www.cricket365.com/news/story/7409950/Petersen-Jacques-deserves-full-credit. Retrieved 4 January 2012. 
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