Alviro Petersen

South African cricketer

Alviro Nathan Petersen is a South African former cricketer who played for the Highveld Lions and for Lancashire until 2016 when he was banned from cricket for two years by Cricket South Africa for not correctly reporting the match fixing saga during the 2015–16 Ram Slam T20 Challenge. A right-handed batsman, he has represented South Africa in Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 cricket. He was the captain of the Highveld Lions in South African domestic cricket, and also captained Glamorgan County Cricket Club, The South African National Cricket Academy, and South Africa 'A'