One-day series win no advantage for Test series, but it helps

New Zealand couldn't claim an advantage for the Test series from last night's National Bank Series win over England but it certainly could feel a lot better about its own cricket.

CLEAR Black Caps captain Stephen Fleming, after New Zealand had a five-wicket win to wrap up the series, said winning the series did not give New Zealand the advantage.

Rather, New Zealand finished the series on a better note and if that was considered an advantage then yes, they would take it.

"Come the first day of the Test I'm sure the one-day series will be all forgotten," Fleming said.

England captain Nasser Hussain said: "From what I saw of New Zealand's Test match cricket in Australia they play some very attractive cricket.

"They're well led, they're a good side and we'll have to be at our best to beat them, especially now that the wickets are changing a little bit here, they have a lot more pace and carry than last time we were here and sooner the Test match boys adapt to that the better."

Hussain said there was still a lot of inexperience in the England Test team and there was still a lot of work to be done in both forms of cricket.

"We've got a lot of work to do in both forms of cricket. This particular Test side we have is full of inexperience. There is a lot of people who are not here who have played a lot of Test cricket," he said.

The first-class side of the tour begins in Queenstown on Saturday with a three-day game against Otago.