Black Caps banking on return to ODI form

The Black Caps are harking back to a more golden period of their home summer on the eve of a series against one-day international form side England.

It was five weeks ago that New Zealand swept Pakistan 5-0 to make it eight ODI wins in a row and a record 13 in all formats.

The glow dimmed as Kane Williamson's men lost six of their eight Twenty20 internationals, including three heavy losses to Australia in the tri-series.

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson didn't think it would take much to rediscover their winning touch, particularly on home soil where they've been notoriously difficult to crack in ODIs in recent seasons.

"It's a different group this one-day squad and we've played some good cricket," Hesson said.

"We're disappointed we didn't really get going in the T20s in the last couple of weeks but since this (England) tour has been in the schedule, we've all been pretty excited about it."

New Zealand are ranked fourth in ODIs, one place behind England, who developed their own winning ODI formula in the wake of an embarrassing pool exit from the 2015 World Cup.

That was their last visit to New Zealand and Hesson expects a totally different beast.

The English rebounded from their Ashes defeat to triumph 4-1 in the 50-over format in Australia last month.

Hesson noted their fearless approach with the bat and the fact there were five different England top-scorers.

Added to that is the return of controversial match-winning allrounder Ben Stokes.

"They're aggressive from ball one with the bat. That in itself means we've got to keep taking wickets," he said.

"Their whole order from one to nine keep coming hard out and obviously Ben Stokes is one of those. We can't only focus on one player because they've got plenty of good ones."

One New Zealand solution looks to be fielding Ish Sodhi as a second spinner.

Primarily used for T20s, the dynamic legspinner has shown enough to prove he can make an impact in ODIs alongside proven tweaker Mitchell Santner.

New Zealand Squad: Kane Williamson (capt), Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Ross Taylor, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Todd Astle, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi

England Squad: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Tom Curran, Alex Hales, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood