Moores will be on the three-man England selection panel

England have just returned after a tough winter in which they were whitewashed in the Ashes and played poorly in the World Cup.

He said: "We have great players who can play great cricket - the trick is to get them playing great cricket again.

"I'm very positive because we have good players. It's been a tough winter and you learn a lot from tough times."

Interview: England coach Peter Moores

He said the first person he would sit down and talk to would be England captain Michael Vaughan, whom he confirmed would lead England in the first Test against West Indies on 17 May at Lord's.

"I will talk to Michael first and see how he wants to go forward," Moores said.

"Michael is going to be captain in the first Test and his reputation goes without saying.

"He will have some interesting views on what happened this winter."

I am going to see what Michael's view is but in an ideal world it is nice to have one captain Peter Moores

But Moores refused to rule out the possibility of major changes when England take to the field against West Indies.

"The selectors need to sit down and talk about what happens," he added and confirmed he would be on the selection panel.

In the long term, Moores admitted he would prefer to have a single captain for both the Test and one-day sides.

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But with Vaughan's position under intense scrutiny in the latter format, Moores claimed he would not make any rash decisions on the captaincy.

"I am going to see what Michael's view is," he said. "In an ideal world it is nice to have one captain."

Moores also promised the England management would place equal stock in both forms of the game after criticism of the side's tactics and performances in the shorter form.

"They are both important and we will be working hard on both to make sure we are successful in both," he added.

Moores was appointed less than 24 hours after Duncan Fletcher resigned after eight years at the helm.

The England and Wales Cricket Board is thought to have moved quickly to prevent Moores from being snapped up by another cricketing nation.

But the 45-year-old said he had not been approached by any other countries.

He paid tribute to his predecessor Duncan Fletcher.

"Duncan Fletcher has done a fantastic job, taking England from where they were to second in the world and the Ashes," Moores acknowledged.