The BLACKCAPS can leap-frog Pakistan in the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship with a series win in England.
The series, which starts on Thursday at Lord’s, can see either team make progress in the nine-team table.
Daniel Vettori’s visitors can move up one from their current position with a series win, with a clean sweep lifting them to 100 ratings points.
Defeat would see England drop to fifth, but they can rise in the table above South Africa with a win.
1 Australia 141
2 India 111
3 South Africa 109
4 England 108
5 Sri Lanka 106
6 Pakistan 94
7 BLACKCAPS 91
8 West Indies 77
9 Bangladesh 1
