AT A GLANCE

Second ODI; New Zealand v South Africa Hagley Oval; Chch; Wednesday, 11am start New Zealand squad: Kane Williamson (capt), Tom Latham, Dean Brownlie, Ross Taylor, Neil Broom, James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Luke Ronchi (wk), Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult. South Africa squad: AB de Villiers (capt), Faf du Plessis, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock (wk), JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Dane Paterson, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Tabraiz Shamsi. estic cricket. When the IPL begins in April, he’ll be able to call Stokes, Australian skipper Steve Smith, South African batsman Faf du Plessis, Indian legend MS Dhoni and offspinner Ravi Ashwin teammates.

Ferguson has met Fleming once before and was eager to work with the former Black Caps’ skipper and get a taste of bowling in Indian conditions.

‘‘Kiwis get along pretty well, so I look forward to spending some time with him. There’s a quite a few of the Aussie blokes we’ve just played against. Obviously, I’ll be able to get on better terms with them.’’

Ferguson offers a point of difference with his ability to rip the ball down at 150kmh and unsettle batsmen. Fleming was no doubt intrigued by his pace.

English left-armer Tymal Mills, a T20 hired gun and Aces’ teammate of Ferguson, fetching a staggering NZ$2.4m from Royal Challengers Bangalore.

IPL auction aside, the Black Caps have a cricket match to play on Wednesday. After losing on the penultimate ball in Sunday’s opening ODI in Hamilton, a rainreduced 34 over match, Ferguson and his side are desperate to level the series at 1-1.

Warm weather is expected in Christchurch with 29 degrees and northerlies forecast. New Zealand haven’t lost an ODI at Hagley from five previous matches.