Daniel Vettori insists he still relishes the challenge of being New Zealand captain despite poor results during the current tour of England.

The Kiwis were beaten 2-0 in the Test series, lost Friday's Twenty20 international and crashed to defeat in the opening NatWest one-day international, but Vettori is as keen as ever to turn around his country's fortunes ahead of the second ODI meeting in the five-match series at Edgbaston on Wednesday.

He said: "There has been a lot going on since I took over the captaincy with players retiring or moving into other avenues of the game. That has made it a little bit difficult but, if I am honest, this is 95% of the team I want anyway. I am still enjoying leading the team."

He added: "Of course. This is what I wanted to do for a long time. It is thoroughly challenging but it is also rewarding when things do start to to work.

"That's what we have to get through at the moment, to try and find a way to turn the side around.

"I think I am doing it with my own performance and now I've got to make sure I get the team to come with me.

"I've done the captaincy a few times now. It is an all encompassing job. It is not just a case of switching off at the end of the day and worrying about your own performance.

"You have to worry about everyone in the side and that includes management as well.

"It can be difficult but that is the engrossing part of the job, that you are able to dictate a lot of what goes on in the team, and it can be rewarding when it works.

"When it is not working like at the moment, it is a lot more challenging, but this is another opportunity for that reward and turning it around and making us a better side."