South Africa tour of New Zealand 2026: In the second T20 match held in Hamilton, New Zealand defeated South Africa by 68 runs in a one-sided fashion and leveled the five-match series 1-1. South Africa's batting failed miserably in the second T20. In response to New Zealand's 175 runs, South Africa's team could score only 107 runs. Chasing New Zealand's score, South Africa lost its last five wickets for just 18 runs. South Africa's batting unit proved to be a miserable failure. None of his top 6 batsmen could even touch the figure of 20.

havoc of New Zealand bowlers

New Zealand's bowlers performed brilliantly. Ben Sears took 3 wickets for 14 runs. Mitchell Santner got 2 wickets and Loki Ferguson got 3 wickets. McConkie and Neesham achieved 1-1 success. The pitch at Hamilton was difficult for batting and the Kiwis took advantage of it very well. After South Africa's middle order collapsed, its last five wickets fell for just 18 runs. South Africa lost the sixth wicket on the score of 89 in the 13th over and the team was bundled out for 107 runs in 15.3 overs.

Series level! Lockie Ferguson and Ben Sears bag three wickets apiece to seal a strong victory at Seddon Park.

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conway's half century

By the way, the script of New Zealand's victory was also written by its batsman Devon Conway. Devon Conway played a brilliant inning of 60 runs for New Zealand. He was the only player to score a half-century in the match. This player hit five fours and 2 sixes in his innings of 60 runs. Josh Clarkson scored unbeaten 26 runs in 9 balls.

New Zealand lost the first T20

In the first match of the T20 series, the New Zealand team lost badly by 7 wickets. In the match held at Bay Oval, New Zealand was all out for just 91 runs in 14.3 overs, in reply South Africa achieved the target by losing 3 wickets. Now the series is tied at 1-1 and the third T20 match will be played on March 20 at Eden Park in Auckland.