Hamilton: New Zealand's stand-in captain Ross Taylor won the toss and decided to field in the fifth one-day international against Pakistan.
Taylor stepped in as captain when Daniel Vettori was forced to withdraw from the New Zealand lineup on Thursday with a hamstring injury.
Jesse Ryder returned to the New Zealand team, along with Kane Williamson and Kyle Mills, as it continued a rotational selection policy ahead of this month's World Cup.
Pakistan, which led the six-match series 2-1, made only one change, naming veteran paceman Shoaib Akhtar ahead of Sohail Tanvir.