"Everybody is trying his best out there and if we can pull off a victory it will be fantastic," said the 33-year-old Cairns, whose side lost the first three encounters and the five-match series.

All-rounder Abdul Razzaq displaced the Black Caps with a whirlwind 46 off just 22 balls to help Pakistan achieve their second best target of 292 in Lahore for a three-wicket win.

At the same venue pacer Mohammad Sami rocked the tourists with 5-10 to give a 124-run win in the second match.

In the third match at Faisalabad on Wednesday Hamish Marshall hit an unbeaten 101 but failed to avert a 51-run defeat.

"We realise how hard it is when you look at the potential match winners in both sides, we are not blessed with as many as Pakistan," said Cairns, in charge after regular captain Stephen Fleming was ruled out due to an abdominal injury.

"The way Hamish played we have to keep drawing positives as we have always said we are looking at the broader view from this series," he said.

Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq was pleased with the way his side is maturing.

"The boys are showing maturity and I am happy the way we have won the first three and hope not to lose the focus," said Inzamam, who played his 300th one-day on Wednesday.

Pakistan is likely to retain the same squad while New Zealand wait on a possible recovery of all-rounder Jacob Oram, who missed the third match due to side strain.

TEAMSNEW ZEALAND (from): Chris Cairns (captain), Tama Canning, Craig Cumming, Chris Harris, Paul Hitchcock, Richard Jones, Hamish Marshall, Brendon McCullum, Jacob Oram, Mathew Sinclair, Daryl Tuffey, Daniel Vettori, Matthew Walker, Kerry Walmsley, Michael Mason.

PAKISTAN (from): Inzamamul Haq (captain), Imran Farhat, Saleem Elahi, Yasir Hameed, Yousuf Youhana, Shoaib Malik, Abdul Razzaq, Azhar Mahmood, Moin Khan, Danish Kaneria, Shabbir Ahmed, Mohammad Sami, Shoaib Akhtar, Misbahul Haq, Umer Gul.

Umpires: David Orchard (South Africa) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan).