Hopefully, that crunch is the sound of her hitting the wickets.
The right-armer missed the White Ferns' opening two games at the World Cup but has made an impact since returning from injury.
She nabbed two for 20 in the 100-win against Bangladesh and picked up a win in the rained-off game against Sri Lanka.
The New Zealanders need their strike bowler firing.
Their campaign will be left hanging by a thread if they unravel against Pakistan.
They are in fifth place and remain in touch with the top four sides. But realistically, they must beat Pakistan to stay in the hunt for the playoffs.
They have much tougher games to come. They play India on Thursday and England next Sunday.
They have run out of wriggle room.
Plan A is to win tonight and keep winning.
"The group's actually in a really good space at the moment," Mair said.
"I think we've been on the road for a long time now, but we're just heading into crunch time and I think it's a really nice reset for us to just be focused on the end of the tournament," Mair said.
The game was rained off during the innings break, but the White Ferns had a challenging chase ahead.
Mair felt the spinners bowled well, but as a side, they needed to bowl better.
"Looking forward to [the Pakistan game], it's how can our seamers, and our spinners as well, target the stumps and just, I guess, eliminate a bit of width for the batters."
Pakistan are winless at the tournament, but they were in a commanding position in their game against England on Thursday when the rain set in.
They restricted England to 133 for nine from 31 overs and were 34 without loss in the seventh over when the stumps were pulled.
"[It was] a shame about the rain, but I think Fatima Sana, the way she bowled up top early on was exceptional, and I think our batters learned a lot watching Fatima Sana in the areas she hit that were dangerous against England.
"I think ... we'll be on a similar wicket. So, yeah, we definitely took a lot of learnings out of that game.
"We've obviously got three pool games left, and for us, we're just taking it one game at a time.
"We know if we win those three games, we'll be through to the semifinals."
• Australia posted a 10-wicket win against Bangladesh overnight on Thursday.
The Bangers made 198 for nine. But Australian openers Alyssa Healy (113 not out) and Phoebe Litchfield (84 not out) made short work of the target, overhauling it with more than 25 overs remaining.
