At a glance

which had been celebrated by the team.

‘‘There’s a lot of people and expertise have gone into getting us where we are. The guys yesterday paid tribute to those people who came before to get them to this stage.

‘‘I’m very, very proud in the way they continue to look to get better and we won’t always be No 1 because rankings change . . .’’

Australia would jump back to No 1 with a series win by any margin over India, who could themselves claim top spot with a 3-1 series win in Australia.

A 2-1 series win for India, or a drawn series, would see New Zealand retain top spot. The series is

Beat Pakistan 2-1 (away), beat Sri Lanka 1-0 (home), beat Bangladesh 2-0 (h), drew with Sri Lanka 1-1 (a), beat England 1-0 (h), lost to Australia 0-3 (a), beat India

2-0 (h), beat West Indies 2-0 (h), beat Pakistan 2-0 (h). Summary: Played 20, won 13, lost

5, drawn 2

currently tied 1-1 with two tests remaining.

New Zealand’s next test is up in the air. It could be in June, with a mooted tour to England, and there’s an outside chance they will make the World Test Championship final also around that time, depending on other results.

In the meantime there is a fivematch T20 series against Australia, starting February 22, followed by a three-match ODI and three-match T20 series against Bangladesh to complete the home summer.

The Black Caps will prepare for that by featuring in the domestic Super Smash T20 competition after a rest period that will be shorter for the batsmen – some could feature as early as the Northern Districts-Wellington game on Saturday – and longer (a week to 10 days) for the bowlers who have all

Gary Stead had a big workload over the four home tests.

There is some good news on the injury front, too, with allrounder Colin de Grandhomme likely to this month return from a bone stress injury in his right foot, possibly on January 15 or 17 in the Super Smash. He will probably just play as a batsman at this stage.

Fast bowler Lockie Ferguson, who has a back injury, is due for a scan next week.

‘‘That will show whether there’s been a good amount of healing with the bone and whether we need to take it longer. We’ll know more after that what are our next steps.’’

‘‘I’m very, very proud in the way they continue to look to get better.’’