New Zealand's Sophie Devine Photo: Kerry Marshall/www.photosport.nz
Taking their innings deeper is the main concern for the White Ferns as they head into must-win territory at the World Cup.
The winless New Zealanders take on Bangladesh in Guwahati on Friday night.
The Ferns were beaten by Australia by 89 runs in their opening game, dismissed in the 44th over in their chase.
They then batted just 47 overs as they set South Africa a target of 232 in their six wicket loss on Monday.
Assistant coach Dean Brownlie reflected on their first two games.
"Can we take the innings a little bit deeper and get that big total," Brownlie said.
While captain Sophie Devine has been outstanding and is the tournaments leading run scorer with 197 runs, Brownlie is after more runs from the side.
"We need more contributions, so if it is your day then you're really cashing in.
"Doing the little things for longer periods of time, we're getting to a position of strength and not quite nailing it.
"So just encouraging those partnerships to go a bit longer so we have a death phase and can maximise our last overs."
White Ferns assistant coach Dean Brownlie talks with Amelia Kerr in the nets. Photo: PHOTOSPORT
As expected, Bangladesh rely on slow bowlers in the local conditions.
"They're spin heavy throughout the middle and at the back end so we know we're going to face four or five spinners," Brownlie said.
"If we can play them well in spin friendly conditions then we're going to post a really big score."
While Bangladesh are likely to be spin heavy, Brownlie believes their pace attack will still play a prominent role in Guwahati.
"The wicket here (compared to Indore where they played their first two games) spins a lot more and is slow, but I think our seam still plays a big part in these ODI games, still stump to stump trying to hit the top of middle is a key."
Bangladesh beat Pakistan in their opening game and pushed England in a four-wicket loss in their second.
Brownlie admits that a side probably needs to win five of their seven matches to qualify for the semi-finals, while four wins would probably require so other results to go their way.
New Zealand's remaining five matches are against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India and England.
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