New Zealand cricket coach John Wright has urged people to be patient as he goes about rectifying the national team's batting fragility ahead of the second test against Pakistan at Wellington, starting on Saturday.

Wright's first test in charge of his country ended in a cricketing disaster, New Zealand losing all 10 second innings wickets for 74 runs in one session as they fell to a 10-wicket defeat inside three days in the first test at Seddon Park in Hamilton.