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Louis Cole gives testimony to SJN hearing after claims by several players banned over fixing scandal

The board has also denied allegations of racism in the investigation

Alviro Petersen, the former South Africa opener, has been banned for two years by CSA after admitting to 13 breaches of the anti-corruption code in relation to the 2015-16 domestic T20 match-fixing scandal

Alviro Petersen has until December 9 to respond to charges relating to match-fixing during the South African domestic T20 competition in 2015.

Alviro Petersen has denied that he ever accepted a bribe or contrived to fix matches but did admit to "playing along" with those involved in the scandal

Former South Africa opener Alviro Petersen has been charged with six anti-corruption offences by Cricket South Africa relating to match-fixing in the 2015 Ram Slam T20

Alviro Petersen's 155 on an Old Trafford pitch designed to spare Lancashire from fears of relegation was a professional act on a pitiless pitch

Lancashire batsman Alviro Petersen missed out on his 42nd first-class century by two runs, but frustrated Hampshire at the Ageas Bowl along with his batting partners

Lancashire, defending champions in the NatWest Blast, are on the verge of elimination in the group stages after conceding a record Leicestershire score and losing despite an unbeaten hundred by Alviro Petersen

The Derbyshire Falcons kept their slim hopes of reaching the T20 Blast quarter-finals alive with a six wicket victory at Derby that dealt a severe blow to Lancashire Lightning's chances of making the last eight.

On a dead Lord's track, the Championship leaders have got themselves into a position where they almost certainly cannot lose

County cricket at Lord's offered a chance to retreat for a while into something quintessentially English. Even if nobody can say for certain these days what quintessential Englishness actually is

Stephen Parry's 5-13 routed Worcestershire for 53 as Lancashire stunned one of the pacemakers in the North Group of the NatWest Blast

Lancashire enjoyed another dominant day against Surrey to take charge of their County Championship clash at Old Trafford

To clinch their third win in four Division One matches this season, Lancashire would need to score 325 runs in 96 overs or fewer, an asking rate of only 3.385 runs per over. They failed.

Haseed Hameed, the 19-year-old batsman, guided Lancashire's reply to Durham's 411 on the second day at Chester-le-Street

Luke Procter's career-best 137 cemented Lancashire's command of their match against Hampshire, while Haseeb Hameed gave a study in concentration until just before lunch

Lancashire supporters have fond memories of Taunton, having clinched their first outright title in 77 years here in 2011, and after two relegations in the interim they had another good day on their return to the west country

Luke Procter and Alviro Petersen put on 61 runs for the third wicket to seal a victory as complete as any that has ushered in a new season at Old Trafford

Alviro Petersen has become the first player to confirm that he had reported fixing approaches in the country's domestic T20 competition, but has denied any involvement