New Zealand will be based in Chittagong for pool play where they meet England, South Africa, Sri Lanka and a yet-to-be-determined qualifier. In their last eight ODIs in Bangladesh, New Zealand have lost seven; the solitary win came against South Africa in the 2011 World Cup quarter-finals. Their only T20 match in Bangladesh was last year - they won.
Elsewhere, the pressure will mount to match and better the efforts of their 1992 predecessors as a World Cup co-host next February. With a No3 and 4 batting combination of Williamson and Ross Taylor to set the platform for hitters like Brendon McCullum and Corey Anderson, before combining the bowling nous of Tim Southee, Mitchell McClenaghan and Nathan McCullum to eke out wickets and save runs, New Zealand should be title contenders.
2: Earn a test at the Melbourne or Sydney Cricket Grounds
You know you've made it in the cricket world when Australia invites you here. The earliest this could occur would be the 2015-16 summer when New Zealand precede the arrival of the West Indies under the current Future Tours Programme. At this stage, the West Indies would be hosted at the MCG and SCG but with the FTP now open to negotiation, and the form of the West Indies on the slide, this could change.
The last 16 of 28 tests New Zealand have played in Australia, stretching back to 1989, have been at Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Hobart. The last time they played at the MCG was 1987 and the SCG 1985. It's before any of the incumbent XI were at secondary school or, in the cases of Southee, Williamson, Anderson, Hamish Rutherford, Trent Boult and Jimmy Neesham, been born.
In three tests in Melbourne, no Kiwi has a test century (John Wright made 99 on Boxing Day 1987), nor a victory (two draws and a loss). New Zealand came within a wicket of victory in 1987 when Sir Richard Hadlee had match figures of 10-176 and Craig McDermott, by the grace of Australian umpire Dick French, somehow survived a Danny Morrison lbw shout in the penultimate over. John Parker and John Morrison scored centuries in Sydney.
3: Become worthy of more than three tests in a series
The last time New Zealand played a four-test series was their 2-1 victory over England in 1999. Before that, it was against the West Indies in 1985. The last five-test series was in the Caribbean during 1972.
New Zealand is far from a cricketing tour de force who oppositions queue up to play in Ashes-like series. They could be, if any of the aforementioned Holy Grails are achieved, but you've got to be on top or near the top of the world to generate such goodwill.
4: Win a test series in South Africa or India
New Zealand have drawn series and won tests in both countries. Winning series remain the last frontiers. The closest they came in South Africa was 1961-62 when John Reid's side won two of the five tests (the third and fifth) but went into the fourth test at 1-1.
Alternatively New Zealand became the first side in 106 years to concede a 1-0 lead and lose a three-test series when they crumbled 2-1 against South Africa in 1994-95.
No future test tour to South Africa is currently scheduled after the two-test capitulation in January 2013. However, beating South Africa in a series at home would also be a first - the next South African visit is February-March 2017.
In India, New Zealand have won two tests, in 1969 and 1988, but drawn and lost those series respectively. The next test tour there is scheduled for October 2016.
