The Blackcaps are banking on their steady but "successful" approach with the bat in their response to Pakistan's first innings in the first test at Karachi.
Pakistan were bowled out for 438 on day two after winning the toss and electing to bat, with captain Babar Azam and Aghna Salman both scoring centuries.
New Zealand have made a strong reply in their first dig, with Devon Conway (82*) and Tom Latham (78*) putting on an unbeaten 165-run opening partnership.
But while it may not be the gun-ho approach England have adopted which has earned the nickname 'Bazball', it's one they're confident of bringing further success.
"The way that England play is very unique, it's been good for them to play in that sort of manner," Blackcaps legspin bowler Ish Sodhi said.
"But our test side, if you look over the past five to 10 years has been quite a successful test match unit.
"I think the way we've gone about it over the years has been quite a successful method. I don't think it's anything we need to shift too much at the moment.
"Even today, we still scored at three and a half an over without forcing any risk and things like that.
"I think it's the nature of the surface and the outfield that allows you to score reasonably quickly here, so hopefully, that continues for us tomorrow."
Sodhi is one of three spin bowlers picked for the tour opener with Ajaz Patel and Michael Bracewell all having lengthy spells.
But while the trio accounted for six of Pakistan's wickets, Sodhi admits there wasn't as much on offer as they previously thought, in his first test match since 2018.
"It's been four years, so it's obviously great to be back wearing the whites with a bunch of pretty cool guys," he said.
"In terms of spin bowling, after watching the first 10 overs of Pakistan's innings, I thought it was going to spin a lot more than perhaps it has throughout the day.
"It's not got a lot of moisture in it, but there's definitely some footmarks out there, especially bowling around the wicket for me and over the wicket for the left-arm spinners.
"Hopefully, we can utilise that as the game progresses, but there is still a job to do with that bat."
