Ex-South African batsman Petersen charged with compare fixing
JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) pronounced on Saturday that they have charged former opening batsman Alviro Petersen with compare regulating following a extensive and ongoing investigation.
Petersen, 35, who is a captain of Highveld Lions, has been charged with mixed breaches of CSA’s anti-corruption code.
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The charges embody “contriving to repair or differently improperly change matches during a 2015 Ram Slam”.
The South African batsman, who played for Lancashire final season, has been provisionally dangling and has 14 days to respond to a charges.
Gulam Bodi, Jean Symes, Pumelela Matshikwe, Ethy Mbhalati and Thami Tsolekile were all handed extensive bans by CSA progressing this year for their partial in attempting to repair matches in a Ram Slam.
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Petersen formerly played for English county sides Glamorgan, Essex and Somerset, before fasten Lancashire as a non-overseas actor after he late from internationals in 2015.
The Port Elizabeth -born opener represented Proteas in 36 Tests, 21 ODIs and dual T20Is, where he scored some-more than 2,500 runs, scoring 5 centuries and 8 half- centuries in his general career that lasted over 9 years.
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