Rugby types are fond of the term, and New Zealand's cricketers will know just what they mean by "work-ons" after their opening warm-up T20 World Cup defeat to Pakistan yesterday.
They have plenty still to tick off going into their second and final leadup game against Australia in Fatullah tonight, after losing to Pakistan by six wickets in Mirpur.
They arrived in Bangladesh on the back of a rousing home summer. Conditions for the T20 tournament will be vastly different from home. They knew that and have tailored preparations accordingly.
However the batsmen, apart from captain Brendon McCullum, have much to do after making only 145 for nine.
McCullum's unbeaten 59 off 45 balls kept New Zealand afloat but half centuries from Pakistan's Kamran Akmal and captain Mohammad Hafeez set up a win off the penultimate ball.