If ever there was a venue where you want to win the toss, it is the Queenstown Events Centre.
It is also a location where you need some help from nature. The last two one-day internationals have been abandoned due to poor weather.
It is a dubious record and the forecast for the Black Caps-West Indies match tomorrow is not looking that promising.
The Met Service was predicting rain, easing in the afternoon and clearing in the evening.
But if the sun does make an early appearance, that coin toss could prove crucial.
It has been a bowl-first pitch, with the team that has won the toss opting to field every time.
New Zealand, luckily, has won the toss seven out of eight times and had won five of the six games that have yielded a result.
With the West Indies posting a two-wicket win in Auckland on Boxing Day and game two of the five-game series abandoned, New Zealand needs to win the three remaining games to claim a series win.
If history proves a reliable guide, the first indication the Black Caps are on track could come at the toss.
New Zealand mustered just 156 at Eden Park and the West Indies also struggled on the surface.
Test captain Darren Sammy helped steer the tourists to victory with a punchy undefeated knock of 43 from 27 deliveries.
Black Caps paceman Mitchell McClenaghan bowled a fiery spell, taking five for 58.
The word is fellow speedster Adam Milne may join him in the attack, possibly at the expense of Otago's Jimmy Neesham.
Milne (Central Districts) would have played in Napier but the weather intervened and the Black Caps are keen to see what the 21-year-old has to offer.
Milne played the last of his five ODIs in Sri Lanka in November and his record does not inspire confidence.
He has just one wicket to show for the 145 runs plundered from his bowling.
His international twenty20 record is similar - four games, one wicket, 142 runs conceded. It is not great reading.
But what sets Milne apart is his express pace and the selectors seem prepared to invest in his long-term potential.
Test spearhead Tim Southee also comes back into the mix. He has returned from minor surgery on his big toenail but he appears an unlikely starter.
The Black Caps defeated the West Indies by three wickets at the venue in February, 2006. The teams played again in December 2008 but that was one of the two games that had to be abandoned.
Runs have been in short supply since the venue's debut in January 2003.
Pakistan posted the highest ODI score when it reached 236 for four in January, 2004.
Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara (89) has the highest individual total, although Brendon McCullum played arguably the most memorable knock, whacking an undefeated 80 from just 28 deliveries to guide New Zealand to a 10-wicket win against Bangladesh in December 2007.
His 50 came off just 19 deliveries and included three sixes and seven fours.
Daniel Vettori took five for seven in the same game as Bangladesh was dismissed for a paltry 93.
It took New Zealand just six overs to overhaul the total with McCullum in punishing mood.
The host will be hoping for a similar result tomorrow, although the weather gods may have the final say.
The match begins at 11am.
