{
    "id": "5943",
    "author": "13",
    "cnmid": "0",
    "title": "South Africa batsman Petersen retires from international cricket",
    "lang": "en",
    "series": "0",
    "cup_year": "2000",
    "article_type": "General",
    "excerpt": "South Africa opening batsman Alviro Petersen Tuesday announced his retirement",
    "subtype": "",
    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Cape Town, Jan 6 (IANS) South Africa opening batsman Alviro Petersen Tuesday announced his retirement from international cricket at the conclusion of the third Test against the West Indies.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/live-cricket-score\">ndia tour of Australia, 2014\/15<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;I feel that at 34 it is time for me to retire from international cricket and to move on with my career,&rdquo; he said following his decision.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;It has been an honour to represent my country and to be part of a South African Test team that is ranked number one in the world. I want to thank Cricket South Africa, my team-mates, sponsors and cricket fans for all the support and memories over the years.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">He expressed his best wishes for the national team for the impending World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;I will miss the Proteas amazing team culture that we have built, international cricket, and especially, my team-mates but it is time to move on.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;I wish South African cricket and the Proteas all the best for the future, especially for the 2015 Cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The 34-year-old said he will now concentrate on playing domestic cricket in South Africa and England.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;I intend playing county and franchise cricket for the next three years and also concentrating on my foundation and my cricket school.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Petersen played 36 Tests, scoring 2093 runs with five centuries and 21 One-Day Internationals hitting 504 runs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">SOuth Africa won the Test series against the West Indies 2-0.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
    "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2015\/02\/alviro-petersen.jpg",
    "alt_img": "alviro petersen",
    "alt_title": "alviro petersen",
    "image1": "",
    "video": "",
    "seo_title": "South Africa batsman Petersen retires from international cricket",
    "seo_desc": "South Africa opening batsman Alviro Petersen Tuesday announced his retirement",
    "seo_keywords": "South Africa batsman Petersen retires",
    "tag": "",
    "tagging": "",
    "status": "1",
    "img_rpt": "0",
    "google": "0",
    "standout": "0",
    "edapps": "0",
    "pulse": "0",
    "no_index": "0",
    "feed": "0",
    "fixture": "0",
    "slug": "south-africa-batsman-petersen-retires-from-international-cricket",
    "user_id": "0",
    "read_count": "0",
    "ians_date": "0000-00-00",
    "ians_time": "00:00:00",
    "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
    "trash": "0",
    "view_count": "3406",
    "page_break": "0",
    "instant_articles": "0",
    "auto_link": "0",
    "created": "2015-02-06 21:45:00",
    "updated": "2015-02-06 21:45:00",
    "img_from": "",
    "img_source": "",
    "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
    "news_keywords": null,
    "livescore_text": null,
    "livescore_link": null,
    "btn_text": null,
    "resend_feed": "0",
    "google_feed": "0",
    "read_more": "0",
    "posted_by": "1",
    "jio_date": "2015-02-06 21:45:00",
    "scheduled": "0",
    "news_now": "1",
    "breaking_news": "0",
    "google_date": "2015-02-06 21:45:00",
    "featured": "0",
    "pred_match_id": null,
    "article_content_type": null,
    "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/south-africa-batsman-petersen-retires-from-international-cricket-5943"
}