Dunedin, March 18 -- Fine knocks by openers Tim Seifert and Finn Allen and solid bowling spells from pacers helped New Zealand secure a five-wicket win over Pakistan in the second T20I of the five-match series at Dunedin on Tuesday.

With this win, NZ is 2-0 up in the five-match series, with three games left.

NZ won the toss and opted to bowl. Ben Sears (2/23) and Jacob Duffy (2/20) removed openers Mohammed Haris (11) and Hasan Nawaz (0) early, reducing Pakistan to 19/2 in 3.1 overs.

Skipper Salman Agha and Irfan Khan took Pakistan to 36/2 in six overs, but Irfan (11) and Khusdil Shah (2) fell in quick succession to Ish Sodhi, reducing Pakistan to 52/4 in seven overs.

Agha finally fell to Sears for a valiant 46 in 28 balls, with four b...