New Zealand vs South Africa 2nd T20I Highlights: NZ level five-match series 1-1 with comprehensive 68-run win

Well, George Linde managed to take South Africa over 100 with a few lusty blows but it was just delaying the inevitable. Ferguson goes full and straight first two balls of the 16th over, trying to hit the poles. Linde launches the first ball over covers and the second over extra cover, both for fours. Then Ferguson sends it in short at Linde's body, the batter puts it down the throat of the fielder at long on.

So South Africa went 1-0 up with a comprehensive win and now New Zealand make it level with a comprehensive win for themselves. The third T20I will be played in Auckland on Friday. Thanks for joining us today!

TWO IN TWO! Ferguson is on a hat-trick. South Africa have fallen like a house of cards in a storm. Length ball in that channell outside off stump, Mokoena pushes at it, edge and taken at slips. A Test match dismissal.

Mokoena c Neesham b Ferguson 0 (1)

Two wickets in three balls for Sears! He ends the over with a length ball outside off, Coetzee pulls it right into the hands of the fielder at deep midwicket. New Zealand in a hurry now.

Coetzee c McConchie b Sears 2 (2)

George Linde! Forrester takes a single second ball of the 12th over by McConchie to brig Linde on strike. He smashes the third ball of over over long on for a six. Then he reverse sweeps the next ball, sends it over short third man for a four. Dot ball after that and then Linde sends the last one over the bowler's head for a six.

He is on 17 off five, Forrester on eight off six.

Well South Africa are going nowhere with this innings. James Neesham comes in for the 10th over, Herman sends the second ball past square leg for four. Neesham sends the next ball shoft of a length outside off, Herman tries to send it over covers, ends up slashing it to the fielder there.

Hermann c Ferguson b Neesham 19 (12)

Cole McConchie comes in for the first over after powerplay and strikes with his very first ball! This was full around off stump, De Zorzi tries to sweep and gets a top edge on it. Clarkson takes an easy catch at short fine leg.

de Zorzi c Clarkson b McConchie 1 (4)

There is the first wicket, Ben Sears the man who strikes. Length ball outside off fourth delivery of the fifth over. Esterhuizen slashes it and backward point and Robinson with a sharp catch at backward point. It was coming over his head at some pace, Robinson times his jump perfectly and takes it in front of his face, makes it look easy.

Esterhuizen c Robinson b Sears 8 (12)

Quite the start this for New Zealand. Just three runs off that first over by Jamieson and then Lockie Ferguson gives just two away in the second. Techincally that over is a maiden as well, with both of thus runs coming as leg byes. The required rate creeps up to 9.50, not panic stations by any stretch for South Africa but New Zealand would be happy with this.

24 runs in that final over! Josh Clarkson gets stuck into Maharaj and makes sure that South Africa will need to chase down 176 to go 2-0 up in this series. McConchie started the onslaight by smashing the first ball from Maharaj over long on. Takes a single next ball and then Clarkson sends the third over deep midwicket for another six. The fifth ball is sent over long off for another six. Maharaj fires the last ball too far outside off. He reloads that delivery and Clarkson hits it past long off for four.

Three overs have gone by with no boundaries and two wickets have fallen as well. South Africa have applied some hard breaks on New Zealand here. And now here comes Gerald Coetzee to bowl his final over of the match.

New Zealand 133/5 in 17 overs

Santner goes and Baartman strikes. Length ball outside off that cuts back in sharply, it goes right through the gap between bat and pad and takes the stumps.

Santner b Baartman 20 (14)

New Zealand 120/4 in 14.2 overs

Oh gone! Just when this partnership was starting to look good. Well-timed slow ball there, send in at length. Kelly makes acres of room and then prods off side. Pretty strange attempt at a shot that, the ball just goes and hits the stumps that he left unguarded.

Kelly b Mulder 21 (12)

Chopped on! Tim Robinson tries to smash the second ball of the eighth over off side off the backfoot, it ends up taking an under edge and its his own stumps. Wickets in back to back overs, South Africa on top!

Robinson b Linde 1 (3)

They couldn't get going the way the way they would've liked in this powerplay but South Africa also won't be too happy that they haven't really made a chance for a wicket at all in this period. There is a bit of a nibble off the surface which hasn't helped the batters one bit.

Latham 11 off nine, Conway on 30 off 27.

Eight runs in the first over off Coetzee, six of those to Conway and one for Latham, with Coetzee spraying one wide down the leg side fourth ball. Conway got the first four of this innings first ball of the second over by Mokoena putting it past mid off. A total of seven runs came off it.

South Africa: Tony de Zorzi, Connor Esterhuizen(w), Rubin Hermann, Jason Smith, Dian Forrester, Wiaan Mulder, George Linde, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj(c), Nqobani Mokoena, Ottneil Baartman

New Zealand: Devon Conway, Tom Latham(w), Tim Robinson, Nick Kelly, Mitchell Santner(c), James Neesham, Cole McConchie, Josh Clarkson, Lockie Ferguson, Kyle Jamieson, Ben Sears

Devon Conway, Tom Latham(w), Tim Robinson, Nick Kelly, Katene D Clarke, Mitchell Santner(c), James Neesham, Cole McConchie, Zakary Foulkes, Kyle Jamieson, Ben Sears, Josh Clarkson, Nathan Smith, Lockie Ferguson, Dane Cleaver, Jayden Lennox

"Revenge", "vengeance", "badla" and other typically Indian cricket broadcasting keywords may not really apply on matches involving the South Africa and New Zealand; but the Proteas did get payback of sorts for the hammering they suffered at the hands of the Kiwis in the semifinal of the T20 World Cup in the first match of this series in Mount Maunganui. It was a strange match overall, with New Zealand taking nearly 17 overs to chase down 92 runs. Lets hope things are better today in Hamilton.