We're not going to treat England series as warm-ups for the WTC final: Neil Wagner

New Zealand team have already arrived in England for a two-match Test series, which is outside of the World Test Championship, and upon conclusion of the series, the Kane Williamson-led side will take on India for the inaugural World Test Championship honours. 

However, New Zealand fast bowler Neil Wagner, on Monday, said that his team is not going to treat the upcoming two-match series against England as warm-ups for the mega event at Southampton's Ageas Bowl, from June 18-22, four days after the Test series against hosts England is scheduled to conclude.

"I know for a fact we're going to get out there and pride ourselves the way we've been playing Test cricket and we want to win Test matches for New Zealand," he added.

New Zealand team gathered in Lincoln for a Dukes ball training camp before departing for England and Wagner feels that the camp really helped him.

"It's been quite nice, it's obviously got different characteristics to the Kookaburra," Wagner said.

"The way we've been training for the last while is something we didn't always have in the past, having the facilities and having a marquee up and getting a number of training sessions in before going to England.

"On tours in the past you rock up there and you've only got a couple of training sessions and maybe one head out with the Dukes ball before the first Test and with that you can find yourself a little bit behind."

The Test series will kick start on June 2 at the Lord's in London.