Mushfiqur's prophecy

In 34th over, Mushfiqur Rahim said, "Come on boys, one will bring two." Two balls later, Solomon Mire gave a simple catch to cover and became the fourth Zimbabwe wicket as drinks came on the field. After the break, Brendan Taylor, with whom Mire had added 106 runs, edged to Mushfiqur himself and the Bangladesh wicketkeeper's prophecy indeed came to pass.

Tamim Iqbal wasn't finding the gaps but had largely been patient during a 34-ball 16. Pressure was building and it told when he ran out of the crease to Mire and tried to carve him over the off-side field. He did, but was caught by Hamilton Masakadza at deep cover. The only fielder deep on the off side, and he didn't have to move.

Taylor was stationed at midwicket in the 12th over, but he had walked in a considerable distance with Imrul Kayes struggling to clear the infield. The batsman tried to lift Neville Madziva over the top, but Taylor jumped and plucked out a superb one-handed catch, which seemed to please the bowler to no end as Madziva celebrated quite heartily.

Mire has been a revelation in the ODI series for Zimbabwe. He has scored fast and bowled with pace and both traits were on display today as he picked up three wickets and later scored a fifty. The highlight of his innings was a superb pull over midwicket off Rubel Hossain in the 33rd over. It soared over the boundary to bring up up his own fifty and the partnership's century.

Jubair Hossain had to wait only five balls for his maiden ODI wicket. He foxed Timycen Maruma with a googly that came out of the side of the hand. The batsman was stuck in the crease with his off-stump slightly exposed and Jubair got the ball to turn just enough to sneak between bat and pad to hit the target.