New Zealanders need to get behind their cricket team - Fleming

Stephen Fleming makes no apologies, he rates his New Zealand team as a World Cup-winning prospect.

Buoyed by a captain's hand of 60 not out in New Zealand's fifth win over India in their seven-match series which ended in Hamilton tonight, Fleming said that given the conditions in which New Zealand had triumphed, there had to be some prospect that in better conditions expected in South Africa they will play even better there.

"We have got a good side. There is no reason in better conditions that we can't do better," he said.

Fleming said his batsmen know they have struggled in the bowler-friendly conditions in this series, but they wanted results more than anybody.

"They want to express themselves in good conditions," he said.

"They don't want to be taken apart technically, bit by bit, on tough wickets, they want to get across and express themselves.

"I know we've got good players, but they are looking, they are reading and they are getting their heads down as well but that's not the message we're going to be portraying.

"I'm going to keep talking them up. We've got a good side. We've beaten a very good side in tough conditions.

"I believe in this group of guys and that is what is going to win us the World Cup," he said.

"It would be great if other people came along for the ride, we've got to do that somewhere with our sports people."

Fleming said the players were looking forward to getting to South Africa and doing the work there that they have been in New Zealand and getting some results.

Tonight's win had required some personal stresses to create pressure and they had tried a lot of different things to achieve that on the night.

The manner in which New Zealand had achieved the final win had been satisfying and he felt it was a fair reflection of the series.

The wickets throughout the season had been below par and in commenting on today's pitch he said he had gone through being surprised by it. His simple rationale was bowl on it because the odds were that it would do something.

"We're very satisfied with the work we did to get those wins. We knew it was a war of attrition, not traditional in the length of time most of the games went. We've got to be satisfied with winning matches, that's what it's about.

"Whatever conditions you get you've got to be better than the opposition and that's what we prided ourselves on in this series," he said.