Moles to address problems

Incoming New Zealand coach Andy Moles is prepared to shake up the fragile mentalities of the Black Caps.
He says the time is rapidly approaching when the players will no longer be able to use youth and inexperience as reasons for their batting failures, especially in the Test arena.
The Black Caps have dropped to eighth in the Test rankings after being whitewashed 2-0 in Australia. Only Bangladesh, who the New Zealanders almost came unstuck against in their two-Test series in October, sit below them.
New Zealand's batting, especially in the top order, has without doubt been their downfall in recent times as they have struggled to fill the void left by the departures of long-serving players such as Stephen Fleming, Nathan Astle, Mark Richardson and Scott Styris.
While batsmen Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, Jamie How and Daniel Flynn undoubted have the talent to succeed, they have only a handful of Test matches under their belts and did not look that confident at the crease against Australia, even on the batting friendly wicket at the Adelaide Oval.
That is an issue Moles, who has taken over from John Bracewell, is hoping can be addressed ahead of his first series in charge - against the West Indies - which starts next week.
He told PA Sport: "We have lost five or six players over the last year to 18 months and the players that come in are looking to fill very big shoes.
"But also, there comes a time where we can't keep saying 'we're young and inexperienced'.
"That may be true but somewhere along the line, and I'm going to try and stress that that line is being drawn in the sand very quickly, the players that are selected - and they are selected because they are the best in the country - must adopt the attitude and the confidence to fill the big shoes that have been vacated."
The former Warwickshire opener, however, is not expecting miracles overnight.
"It's not going to turn around immediately," he added. "Yes, usually when a new coach comes in he can benefit from players (raising their performances) - the honeymoon period.
"But in the long term I need to stress my work ethics and the way we are going to move forward - extra training, intensity of preparation.
"The main thing at first is to gain the players' trust and I only do that by getting close to them and letting them understand how I want to go about my work and what I expect from them."
One expectation is that the batsmen will learn to occupy the crease far longer than they have been doing and cut out the rash shots.
"There are areas in technique that need to improve but I'll be stressing the need to bat for longer periods of time and work on their shot selection and really gain trust in their technique," the Englishman explained.
"If they back their technique, which means they will play for a long time, the runs will come as a consequence of batting for a long period.
"Perhaps at the moment they are looking to play shots to get a score in the book as soon as possible because they perhaps may feel that their technique is such that they will get out.
"I'm going to try and approach it from the other way round, try and get them to work on their technique and then understand, especially for the first three batters, that it's about setting the base for our very dangerous middle and lower order to get a score."
Much has been made of the use of peer assessment within the Black Caps set-up during Bracewell's tenure, with former New Zealand international Martin Crowe highly critical of the former coach's methods and the use of consultancy firm Leading Teams.
But Moles, who used Leading Teams while coach of Northern Districts, refused to be drawn on whether or not it would remain while he was in charge.
"The make-up of the backroom staff is under review at the moment and I'm meeting (skipper) Dan (Vettori) on Wednesday and Thursday so that will all be discussed and we'll finalise that in the next week," added Moles.
"We've used it (Leading Teams at Northern Districts) but I'll talk to Dan and we'll move forward on that."
After meeting with Vettori this week Moles will spend a couple of days watching the West Indies' warm-up match against Auckland before heading to Dunedin to meet the remainder of the New Zealand players on Sunday as preparations begin in earnest for the first Test which starts on December 11.