career He played for South Africa A before breaking into 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 he scored a century. He is the third player to score a century on Test debut for South Africa, after Andrew Hudson and Jacques Rudolph. Later in 2010, Petersen played for Kings of Khulna in Bangladesh's NCL Twenty20 tournament. 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. 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. After a string of high scores in domestic arena in 2011, he 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). On 6 January 2015, following 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. Petersen subsequently signed a two-year contract with Lancashire, on 22 January 2015. In December 2016, Petersen was banned from cricket for two years by Cricket South Africa after his involvement in match-fixing in the 2015–16 domestic T20 competition. References External links Alviro Petersen's profile page on Wisden 1980 births Living people South African cricketers South Africa Test cricketers Cricketers who made a century on Test debut South Africa One Day International cricketers South Africa Twenty20 International cricketers Cape Coloureds Lions cricketers Northerns cricketers Titans cricketers Cricketers from Port Elizabeth Glamorgan cricket captains Glamorgan cricketers Essex cricketers Somerset cricketers Lancashire cricketers Cricketers banned for corruption