Tatenda Taibu owes Zimbabwe a good knock, while Brendan Taylor's side have an opportunity to show some strength of character.
Canterbury Wizards all-rounder Andrew Ellis has been added to New Zealand's Twenty20 squad for the two matches against Zimbabwe following an injury to Dean Brownlie.
New Zealand's dominance of Zimbabwe continued in the third and final one-day international, as the tourists slumped to another embarrassing defeat.
New Zealand have lost the services of Dean Brownlie for the third and final ODI against Zimbabwe, which gets underway in Napier on Thursday.
The contrasting performances of Rob Nicol and Jacob Oram were at the forefront of captain Brendon McCullum's delight as New Zealand trounced Zimbabwe by 141 runs in the second ODI in Whangarei on Monday.