Bangladesh and Pakistan face the opportunity to get points on the board when they meet in Match 12 of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup on Monday in Hamilton.
The sides are two of three teams yet to register a win at the 2022 World Cup, with England the other nation still searching for a victory.
Be that as it may, one of Pakistan and Bangladesh will have focuses on the board after the conflict at Seddon Park, and whoever wills have kept alive their thin any desires for completing in the main four of the competition's gathering stage and packing one of the much sought-after semi-last spots.
Monday's adversaries Bangladesh have had seven days to stand by between matches after a support of early misfortunes to South Africa and New Zealand.
And the Tigers will be looking for a positive performance after going winless since arriving in New Zealand, having also lost both of their warm-up games prior to the tournament.
One of those warm-up defeats was against Pakistan, where Nigar Sultana's side snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in a rain-affected match, with a fragile batting line-up struggling badly, particularly against young right-armer Fatima Sana.
Meanwhile,
Bismah Maroof's Pakistan side pushed South Africa close in Mount Maunganui last time out, putting in an improved showing from the heavy defeats to India and Australia they suffered earlier in the group stage.
But the Pakistan skipper says that the loss to the Proteas showed the importance of winning the "key moments".
"We have talked in meetings about key moments in these crucial matches and I think we fought really hard to try and win the match, but yes the key moments we lost," Maroof said.
"I think South Africa deserved to win and yes credit to batters as well – we had good partnerships in the middle as well.
"There are positives we can take into the next game, especially batting where we built those partnerships. We're looking forward to our next match against Bangladesh, and we'll try to win every match we have left at the tournament."
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