HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — Devon Conway topped all scorers with 60 as New Zealand beat South Africa by 68 runs in the second Twenty20 to level their five-match series at 1-1 on Tuesday.
New Zealand made 175-6 after being sent in on a pitch which became trickier as the evening wore on.
South Africa was bowled out for 107 in 15.3 overs as pacers Ben Sears and Lockie Ferguson shared six wickets. Batters struggled for timing on a pitch which provided variable pace and bounce and all 10 South Africa wickets fell to catches.
South Africa lost its last six wickets for 40 runs and only George Linde stood against the collapse, scoring 33 from 12 balls with three fours and three sixes.
Sears was New Zealand's traveling reserve at the recent T20 World Cup and took 3-14. Ferguson took 3-16, dismissing Linde to end the innings.
"I thought we bowled really well up to a point and then lost our way with the bat,” South Africa captain Keshav Maharaj said. "We thought the dew was going to play a large factor in terms of changing the wicket.
“There was dew in the outfield but the wicket got a little bit worse and I'll take it on my chin. We know dew is a factor back home which makes the wicket better but I think the way New Zealand bowled really stifled us up front and forced us to make a play on a very tricky wicket.”
New Zealand began its inning strongly with Conway scoring square of the wicket and Tom Latham using ramp shots for a six and a four over fine leg.
They were 43-0 after the powerplay and 81-2 after 10 overs, including Latham (11) picking out Ottneil Baartman at third man with a reverse sweep.
But New Zealand wasn't able to accelerate early in the second part of its innings as the dew settled and the pitch at Seddon Park became more two-paced.
Nick Kelly had 21 from 12 balls then played and missed at a ball from Wiaan Mulder and was bowled, and Mitchell Santner made 20 from 14 before being beaten by a ball from Baartman which cut back between bat and pad.
They were 123-4 after 15 and soon after lost Conway, who had held up one end for three quarters of the innings. He top-edged a pull shot to wicketkeeper Connor Esterhuizen.
“It's been a pretty quiet couple of months for me, going over to India and not playing and not featuring at the World Cup,” Conway said. "It was a nice opportunity for me to have my feet up and watch the boys do their thing. Getting the opportunity to play, it's been nice to be able to contribute and be with the boys.”
Josh Clarkson cameoed with 26 from nine balls and he and Cole McConchie helped themselves to 24 runs from the last over bowled by Maharaj.
The third international will be in Auckland on Friday.
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