England coach Peter Moores is ready for a New Zealand backlash when the two sides clash again in an ODI series.

Their shortcomings exposed during the longer format of the game, the tourists are a combative limited-overs outfit, have beaten England in the World Cup and the World Twenty20 in the last year and winning a convincing 3-1 one-day series triumph on home soil a few months ago.

In contrast, England are still inconsistent at limited-overs cricket and coach Moores said: "I think they'll come really hard at us in the one-dayers because they pride themselves on being a good one-day side.

"They've played well away from home in the past and they'll really want to try and bounce back and it will be quite tough.

"As a one-day side, we're still finding out some roles and settling a bit as a team so we've got plenty to concentrate on and we're going to have to play very well to win the one-day series."

The majority of England's squad will warm-up for Friday's encounter by playing for their counties in Wednesday's opening fixtures for this summer's Twenty20 Cup, although bowlers Stuart Broad, Ryan Sidebottom and Graeme Swann will miss out as Nottinghamshire do not have a game.

It is a change in thinking for an England squad who normally like two days to prepare before the start of a series, but Moores explained: "It was supposed to be a quick turnaround because we didn't know the Test was going to finish early.

"The nature of Twenty20 cricket is that sometimes you have to go and play to remind yourself what it's about. The lads were very keen to play for their counties and we'll have a pretty short build-up to the Twenty20 but the lads will have played a game."

The five-match one-day NatWest Series, which starts at Chester-le-Street on Sunday, will also be a golden opportunity for in-form batsmen Ravi Bopara and Owais Shah to remind Moores of their capabilities.

Having stuck with the same line-up for five successive Tests - despite failing to register a first-innings total in excess of 400 for 12 Tests - pressure is now growing on the top order, with Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell struggling for form.

With the focus switching to one-day cricket, Moores will be watching a number of players very carefully before the squad is picked for the opening Test against South Africa at Lord's on July 10.

"It's great to see people who are not in the Test team performing well," he said. "As a coach, you always want to see them doing well and moving their games forward.

"To see lads who are involved in that England set-up performing well is good. There are always two ways into the side: through your performance, and also through someone else who is not performing as well."