Alviro Petersen claims he "played along" with figures in the matchfixing scandal plaguing South African cricket‚ and that he knows of another player involved in the scam who has not been formally implicated. Petersen made his allegations in a statement issued on his behalf by his lawyer‚ Robin Twaddle‚ in the wake of the former Test opener being charged with corruption by Cricket SA on Saturday. Five other players have admitted their guilt and been banned by Cricket SA‚ among them former internationals Thami Tsolekile and Gulam Bodi. They committed their transgressions during the franchise T20 competition in November and December 2015 — none of which‚ Cricket SA said‚ had led to plans to fix coming to fruition. "The charges relate to events that took place between the time of Alviro’s reporting his knowledge of the corruption scandal to the anticorruption unit and Bodi being charged by Cricket SA‚" the statement quotes Twaddle as saying. "Alviro acknowledges and admits that he playe...
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