Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has said his side will aim to finish their Cricket World Cup campaign on a high after admitting their chances of reaching the semi-finals are all but over.
Pakistan require an outlandishly big victory against Bangladesh at Lord's on Friday, but if Bangladesh bat first, their chances of catching New Zealand will be gone.
"Obviously, we are here to win all the matches," said Sarfaraz, whose team have lost their past four one-day internationals against a fast-improving Bangladesh.
"We will do our best to win the last game as well to end on a high and we will do our best to achieve that but we need to be realistic, but if Allah helps then miracles can happen," he said.
"It's like you score 600, 500, 400 on a pitch then you think you can get the other team out for 50 and then win by a 316-run margin. If you think realistically, then we can only try. But the first real thing will be to win the match."
Pakistan's highest total at the tournament is the 348-8 they made in their shock win over England. The host nation's 397-6 against Afghanistan is the best of the World Cup so far.
Sarfaraz said it had been tough to post big totals on the pitches being used in the tournament.
"If you look at the tournament then, realistically, the tournament is of 280-300 totals," said Sarfaraz. "If you look at the pitches, they were not for free-scoring. They were tough for batting with spin and the ball was not coming onto the bat."
Pakistan were shot out for a paltry 105 in their first match, with the West Indies winning in just 13.4 overs, meaning they took a huge hit on run rate.
They won just one of their first five matches, coming back strongly to beat South Africa, New Zealand and Afghanistan to sit fifth in the 10-team table.
But England's victory against New Zealand on Wednesday left them with a virtually impossible task. Those two teams plus Australia and India will almost certainly be the four semi-finalists.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh coach Steve Rhodes would not reveal whether his side would allow Pakistan to bat first should they win the toss.
"I don't like to give away too much tactically going into a game. I won't be telling you what we're going to do at the toss or how we approach the game," Rhodes told a pre-match press conference.
"All I will be saying is, there's a game to win for Bangladesh, and that's the important thing for us."
Bangladesh are two points behind their opponents in the World Cup table following three wins from seven matches and a washout against Sri Lanka.
Rhodes dismissed suggestions his team have nothing to play for and said victory would mean their tournament could be remembered favourably.
"Bangladesh versus Pakistan at Lord's, the beautiful Lord's, there's no such thing as a dead rubber," he said.
"Both teams desperate to beat each other. We certainly are. I'm pretty sure they are. If we beat Pakistan, I think we've had a very good World Cup, even though we've not qualified.
"Generally the games we've played, we've been in the contest, and we've showed a lot of fight. We carry on doing that, then we're going to improve and improve and improve."
