Moles: My position was untenable

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New Zealand Cricket chief executive Justin Vaughan confirmed on Saturday that they had accepted the 48-year-old Englishman's decision to step down just a third of the way into his three-year contract after the two parties reached an "amicable agreement at mediation" on Friday..

"There was a group of players who had lost confidence in my ability as a coach," said a disappointed Moles. "This left me really in an untenable position after that had been so widely reported in the media the day before."

Reports surfaced on Thursday that senior players had raised concerns about Moles' tactical and technical input into the team during a standard post-tour review of the team on their return from their tour of Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy in South Africa.

Moles said while he held no grudge against the players, he was disappointed that the areas of concern had not been highlighted previously.

"Over the 11 months that I've been around I had no inkling, no communication that there were problems until we got back after the Champions Trophy," Moles said.

"Let me be very clear, it is the players' team, they are the most important thing.

"It is unfortunate that it wasn't raised before and that will be looked at, I'm sure, by New Zealand Cricket going forward.

"If I had got some feedback earlier, we may have been able to quell this problem and been aware of it. Obviously we'll never know because the feedback wasn't forthcoming."

He added: "One of the great challenges as a coach is to try and get the chemistry right between the players and the coach. I will take it squarely on the chin that on this occasion I haven't got the chemistry right."