Hesson claims Kiwis will continue with winning ways in Test cricket to push up ranking

New Zealand cricket team coach Mike Hesson has claimed that they would continue to play result-driven Test cricket as the team strives to push up their ranking.

New Zealand just completed their first five-win year, and Hesson said that they would continue to chase wins as hard as possible, even at the risk of losing games.

Big-hitting captain Brendon McCullum also made his feelings obvious after New Zealand's eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in Christchurch, saying that one is not likely to sit back at the end of ones career and think of the good draws one had, Stuff.co.nz reported.

New Zealand played nine Tests in 2014, wining five, losing two and drawing two, but even their two draws had been dominant displays.

One draw had been the second Test against India in Wellington, where McCullum not only became the first New Zealander to score a test triple century, but he also saved the Test, then batted India out of the match.

Hesson claimed that the days of grinding out a draw or settling for one and being happy were long gone, claiming that New Zealand hasn't played that way for the last year and a half. He added that they have been proactive and tried to force results where they could.

The coach admitted that results won't always go their way, but claimed that that's the way they want to play their cricket, and want to move up the rankings.

New Zealand cannot lose the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka after winning the first Test, so they have now gone six series in a row without losing one.

New Zealand is still ranked seventh, with only the issue-heavy West Indies behind them of the top test-playing nations, but in the past 12 months they have had Test wins over India (number six), Pakistan (number four), two wins against the West Indies (number eight) and now Sri Lanka (number five), the report added.