Neither New Zealand nor Pakistan have had an ideal World Cup . The former is on three points after four games with just a solitary win, while Pakistan's sole point has come courtesy a washout against England .

That match, for all intents and purposes, should have been firmly locked under the wins column for Pakistan, but such has been the weather in Colombo that any result has been firmly at the behest of the weather gods.

"I've been around this a long time and there's lots of things you can't control, and weather's one of those. It's just something that we've got to roll with," New Zealand head coach Ben Sawyer said ahead of Saturday's match against Pakistan.

Rains have been forecast throughout the day for Saturday as well, but for Sawyer, the preparations remain the same with

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