That would enhance their prospects of making the Women’s T20 World Cup semifinals.
The White Ferns’ win against India earlier in the tournament bought them some wriggle room.
The huge loss to Australia took up some of that space.
They have dropped to fourth in the Group A standings but can climb back up the standings with victory against both the winless Sri Lankans in Sharjah and against Pakistan on Tuesday morning New Zealand time.
Coach Ben Sawyer feels his side matches up well against both Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu is the biggest threat in the line-up.
"She is a world-class batter and has done it in franchise tournaments around the world, so she is a big focus for us," he said.
"But they have got other strong players. [Vishmi] Gunaratne up the top has been really good for them over the last 12 months, so there are dangerous players throughout their team.
"There are lots of spinners we really need to focus on because of the [good] spinning conditions over here as well.
"They are a dangerous team that we won’t take lightly."
The West Indies stayed in the hunt for the semifinals with an eight-wicket win against Bangladesh in a Group B pool game.
Their spinners kept chipping away at the batting line-up and prevented them from posting a defendable total.
Karishma Ramharack starred with four for 17 to help restrict Bangladesh to 103 for eight.
West Indies openers Hayley Matthews and Stafanie Taylor added 52 for the first wicket.
Matthews made 34 and an injured Taylor scored a valuable 27 before retiring hurt.
Deandra Dottin clubbed 19 not out from seven balls to help seal a comfortable win in the 13th over.
She struck two huge sixes during her brief cameo.
