New Zealand Aim To Purge Lord's Pain In World Test Final

New Zealand won't let past agonies at England's famed Lord's cricket ground hamper their quest to win the inaugural World Test Championship final later this year, coach Gary Stead said We

Stead refused to nominate a preferred opponent, saying they were all great Test-playing nations.

"I just think it's magnificent we get the opportunity to play one of them," he said.

New Zealand currently top the Test rankings but Stead said his veteran players remembered when they tumbled to eighth in the world after a humbling loss to South Africa in 2018, after being all out in the first innings for just 45.

He said winning the Test championship would be a fitting testament to their improvement.

"They've seen some dark days but turned that around," he said.

"(It) would rank up there with some of the best achievements of their career."