April 1 (Reuters) - New ⁠Zealand registered the highest successful run chase in ⁠women's one-day international history on Wednesday, beating ‌South Africa by two wickets on the back of an outstanding unbeaten 179 from captain Amelia Kerr.

Chasing 347, Kerr hit a ​six and 23 fours from 139 ⁠balls as her team ⁠surpassed India's feat of overhauling Australia's total of 338 ⁠at ‌last year's World Cup.

It was the second-highest score of Kerr's ODI career, behind her ⁠232 not out against Ireland in 2018.

"It's ​number one," ‌Kerr said. "To get a big hundred like that ⁠in a ​big chase against a quality side is definitely number one."

"I was really calm out there and just was ⁠so focused on, simplifying it to ​each over and where we needed to be to get the job done," she told reporters.

"When I did ⁠hit the winning runs, I was actually pretty fizzed. It shows how much it means to me. I'm a pretty relaxed character with celebrations and ​all that stuff. But that was ⁠special."

The 25-year-old guided New Zealand to a series-levelling victory ​with two balls to spare ‌and the teams meet again ​in the deciding match on Saturday.

(Reporting by Suramya Kaushik in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)