Anderson was particularly erratic as Brendon McCullum hit out

"We're building a team and we've been a bit up and down but we played some good cricket and we're disappointed not to come away with a 2-2 draw," he said.

"It was disappointing to get off to a slow start, losing the first two, so we were clawing our way back.

"We have learned some things and when the dust has settled we can make some decisions about the way forward."

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Interview: New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori

England now prepare for a three-Test series against the Kiwis, but Moores hinted that there may be changes to the one-day side when they are next in action in the summer.

"The next one-day cricket will be against New Zealand in England and we'll have to look to see if we need to jiggle the side to move things forward.

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"We know it's a long-term goal to produce sides capable of winning big tournaments. We've had quite a consistent unit and had a chance to have a proper look at players.

"We've seen a young man in Luke Wright emerge into a team but some peope have not done as well as they would like to have done.

"That's sport. The key is that we keep moving forward and we're prepared to work bloody hard."

James Anderson was particularly expensive, conceding 45 from his opening four overs.

Asked about the lack of yorkers sent down he said: "The guys have got to make their own decisions but it wasn't lack of effort, you can try too hard sometimes. We really wanted to do it but it didn't happen on the day."

Moores also rejected criticism of the decision not to play a spin bowler in the final matches of the series.

"We've played on funny shaped rugby grounds with short edges where it has been difficult to play a spinner," he said.

"In Dimi Mascarenhas we've got a very powerful hitter and we wanted to get him in and Luke as well.

"So we've gone down the route of not playing a spinner partly because of the shape of the grounds and partly because it extends our batting order and makes us more of a powerful batting unit.

New Zealand skipper Vettori collects the trophy for his team

"Normally we would play a spinner with slightly bigger boundaries, but this wicket didn't really turn, Colly got the one that did turn!

"We didn't think it would and the groundsman didn't think it would so we were hoping our medium pacers would do the job of mixing the pace up."

New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori said his side were confident that the wicket would favour the slower bowlers rather than pacemen.

"We acknowledged the wicket was going to be a little bit slower than what we normally have here and we knew it was going to hold up.

"It gives us momentum, we understand England have quite a few changes and they are a very good Test team.