JOHANNESBURG: Former England cricket star Kevin Pietersen will play five matches for Durban team Dolphins in the South African Twenty20 tournament this year, it was announced on Tuesday.

The South African-born batsman last played competitively two months ago in the Caribbean Premier League and after his short South African stint, he will be involved in the Australian Big Bash T20 tournament. Pietersen, 35, began his senior cricket career with Dolphins.

After a successful but often controversial England career, outspoken Pietersen was dumped last year following an Ashes whitewash in Australia.