At Seddon Park, Hamilton: Black Caps 175-6 (Devon Conway 60 off 49; Wiaan Mulder 2-14 off 2) beat South Africa 107 all out in 15.3 overs (George Linde 33 off 12; Ben Sears 3-14, Lockie Ferguson 3016) by 68 runs. Click here for the full scorecard.

Devon Conway led the way with the bat before Josh Clarkson provided a thunderous finish as the Black Caps bounced back in the second Twenty20 international against South Africa.

Conway’s 60 off 49 at the top of the order and Clarkson’s 26 not out off nine at the death lifted New Zealand to 175-6 batting first at Seddon Park in Hamilton on Tuesday, two days after they were dismissed for 91 on their way to losing the first T20I in Mount Maunganui.

Ben Sears then took 3-14 off three while Lockie Ferguson took 3-16 off 3.3 in his first match on home soil for more than two years as the Proteas were dismissed for 107 in the 16th over and the Black Caps won by 68 runs.

Conway hogged the strike after Keshav Maharaj won the toss for South Africa and sent the home team in.

The left-hander faced 16 of the first 18 balls, but only scored 18 runs on a surface that had got harder to bat on as the day went on.

Tom Latham didn’t do much when he did get a turn, making 10 off 11 before hitting a reverse sweep off Maharaj straight to Ottneil Baartman.
Tim Robinson also came and went cheaply (one off three) and the Black Caps were 81-2 at the halfway stage.

Nick Kelly (21 off 12) and captain Mitchell Santner (20 off 14) proved useful allies for Conway, who took 27 balls to score his first 30 runs and 22 balls to score his second 30.
He would have been hoping to put the pedal down even more, but he top-edged Wiaan Mulder to wicketkeeper Connor Esterhuizen in the 16th over.
The Black Caps were 124-5 at that point, with 5.3 overs remaining.

Cole McConchie and Jimmy Neesham added 21 off 23 before the latter fell for eight off 11.

Clarkson then took charge, hitting two sixes and two fours off the nine legal deliveries he faced to finish unbeaten on 26 off nine.

McConchie finished not out on 18 of 12, hitting a six before Clarkson’s two in the final over, bowled by Maharaj, which went for 24.

Ferguson returned to the Black Caps after sitting out the first match, for what was his first home outing since February 2024, more than two years ago.
He bowled two cheap overs inside the power play and built pressure that allowed fellow quick Sears and Santner to make two early breakthroughs.
Sears had Esterhuizen caught for eight off 12 by Robinson at backward point, while Mulder picked out Conway at cover point off Santner.

South Africa were 32-2 after six overs and that became 32-3 when McConchie got Tony de Zorzi to top edge to Clarkson while sweeping.
By the halfway stage, they had also lost Rubin Hermann for 19 off 12 – caught by Ferguson off his old school-mate Neesham – and were 65-4.
When Santner got Jason Smith to hit one to Sears in the next over, which ended with the Proteas 69-5, it looked like there would be no way back.
A boundary barrage by George Linde off McConchie briefly changed the mood, before Sears had Dian Forrester caught pulling by Ferguson for 10 off 10.

He then had Gerald Coetzee caught by McConchie on the other side of the field for two off two and South Africa were 91-7.

Ferguson removed Maharaj for a golden duck and had Nqobani Mokoena caught by Neesham in the slips for another, but couldn’t claim a hat-trick bowling to Baartman.

He finished things off in his next over by removing Linde for 33 off 12, caught by McConchie at long-on.