Ari Karvelas

Aristides Karvelas (born 20 March 1994) is a South African cricketer.^[1] He made his List A debut for Gauteng in the 2018–19 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge on 28 October 2018.^[2] He made his first-class debut for Gauteng in the 2018–19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup on 8 November 2018.^[3]

Ari Karvelas

Karvelas in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Aristides Karvelas
Born	(1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 31) Alberton, Transvaal, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Greece
Only T20I (cap 26)	12 July 2022 v Italy
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2018/19–2020/21	Gauteng
2022–present	Sussex (squad no. 36)
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20 Matches 1 30 29 9 Runs scored 10 501 177 23 Batting average 10.00 14.31 12.64 7.66 100s/50s 0/0 0/2 0/0 0/0 Top score 10 57 33 10 Balls bowled 18 4,579 1,371 155 Wickets 0 91 44 10 Bowling average – 26.39 25.65 24.10 5 wickets in innings – 2 1 0 10 wickets in match – 0 0 0 Best bowling – 6/71 5/16 4/20 Catches/stumpings 0/– 9/– 3/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 July 2025

In June 2022, he was named in Greece's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the Qualifier A tournament in Finland that formed part of the 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier.^[4] He made his T20I debut on 12 July 2022, for Greece against Italy.^[5] Later the same month, he was named in Sussex's squad that played in the 2022 County Championship match against Middlesex in England. ^[6] In May 2023, Karvelas signed a two-year contract extension with the club.^[7]