Petersen, 32, has not appeared in a one-day international since January 2012 but Andrew Hudson, convener of the South African selectors, said he was a "like-for-like" replacement for his Test opening partner, Smith, who withdrew last week in order to have surgery on his left ankle.

Primarily regarded as a Test specialist, Petersen has played in only 17 one-day internationals, scoring 437 runs at an average of 31.21 with four half-centuries.