World Cup runners-up NZ relishing the SL Test challenge

New Zealand's R oss Taylor has welcomed the upcoming test series in Sri Lanka as a chance to move on from the heartache at Lord's as the wounds from the Black Caps shattering loss to England in the Cricket World Cup final are still raw.

The Black Caps two-test cricket series in Sri Lanka starts on August 14 and will also be their first taste of the inaugural World Test Championship, the ICC's attempt to reinvigorate the longer form the game.

Taylor said Time's a bit of a healer and we've got new personnel who didn't play in the final. The Test Championship is exciting and just going over to Sri Lanka and playing test cricket  it's a pretty hard place to play but we've had success in the past and hopefully we can have success in the coming weeks.

The team arrived in the island last night and is also slated to play three Twenty 20 internationals against Sri Lanka during the tour.