New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori is comfortable with the prospect of being player-coach only in the short term.

However, he does not want the role permanently.

Vettori will lead the New Zealanders in their upcoming limited-overs series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates after Andy Moles stepped down as coach following a review process which questioned his abilities to continue in the role.

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The Black Caps depart on Tuesday for the three one-day internationals and two Twenty20s in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, respectively, with Vettori at the helm and assistant coach Mark O'Donnell and Black Caps manager Dave Currie also picking up some of the extra workload.

But Vettori does not see the current set-up as a long-term solution.

He told the Sunday Star-Times: "I suppose I'm worried in some way. It's difficult trying to do everything but I have been performing well so far.

"I only want to do this job for a short period of time and if I can give everything to it for that period hopefully we can turn around some results."

Vettori added to Press Association Sport: "A lot of people will try and pick up the slack and try and make sure that nothing is left alone.

"It's incredibly important for the young guys coming into the team that they are looked after well and nothing is left alone."

"Morale in the team is very strong"

New Zealand Cricket chief executive Justin Vaughan was confident Moles' departure would not unduly affect the players.

"This will be unsettling, no question about it. Having your coach resign three days before they leave there will be some anxiety and some uncertainty," he admitted.

"But the morale in the team is very strong. Daniel has shown he is leading the team very strongly at the moment and the team are right in behind him. You won't see any issues on the tour to Dubai.

"We will need to give them time to adjust to this announcement (Moles' resignation) but I'm sure by the time of the first ODI they will be ready."

Vettori is likely to continue as player-coach for the Test series between the two sides in New Zealand immediately following the matches in the Middle East as New Zealand Cricket weigh up their options regarding the appointment of a new coach.

Vettori as captain, national selector, leading bowler and, lately, most reliable batsman, already has an enormous workload but is confident he and the team can cope without a coach in the short term.

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"It's a balancing act. You want your group of senior players to be strong and able to look after themselves and develop their own games and be in form the whole time," he said.

"The real thing about that is as long as guys are in form then I think you can make it work."

Former New Zealand skipper Martin Crowe has mooted the idea of doing away with a coach altogether, but that drew a lukewarm response from Vaughan.

"There have been a few examples in the recent past. I think the Indian team operated without a head coach for over a year.

"But I'm not really foreseeing that as the optimal situation for this team.

"We haven't thought through what the process is around assessing the needs or requirements of a new coach or how we'd go about finding one. We will start to do that over the next week."

John Wright, the former New Zealand Test opener and India national coach, has already been mentioned as a possible candidate.

He is currently the high performance manager for New Zealand Cricket.

"John's a very good coach. He's been doing some really good work around our A team and emerging players," Vaughan acknowledged.

"He is an excellent coach and we're lucky to have him at NZC. But we're not going to speculate on possible head coaches."