Smith: South Africa will rise above Pietersen rivalry

LONDON: South Africa captain Graeme Smith has insisted the presence of Kevin Pietersen in the England side won't act like a red rag to a bull when the sides meet in their World Twenty20 Super Eights opener.

Thursday's clash at Trent Bridge is set to be the latest high-profile match which sees South Africa-born Pietersen up against the Proteas.

Pietersen controversially quit South Africa and opted to play for England, where his mother was born, in protest at a policy of racial quotas in domestic cricket which he believed were hampering his prospects.