New Zealand comfortably secured an eight-wicket win over a weakened South African side at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday, taking a 2-1 lead in the five-match Twenty20 International series.
South Africa's batting coach Ashwell Prince said his team "didn't get any rhythm" after the Proteas were bowled out for 107 in a seven-wicket defeat to New Zealand in Hamilton, leveling the T20 series 1-1.
The Proteas crumbled with the bat to go down by 68 runs against New Zealand in the second T20I in Hamilton on Tuesday with the five-match series now level at 1-1.
Proteas bowler Gerald Coetzee says the pool of talent in South African cricket is in a healthy state, and the fight for places in the national team is at its fiercest.
South Africa dominated New Zealand in the first of five T20Is, claiming an impressive seven-wicket victory in Mount Maunganui on Sunday
Veteran Proteas off-spinner Keshav Maharaj has expressed delight ahead of his 50th T20I appearance in the first of a five-match series in New Zealand tomorrow.