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.

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