Bangladesh and Zimbabwe cricketers and officials observe a minute\'s silence for Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes, who died after a injury to his head, during the fourth one-day international match between two countries at the Sher-e Bangla National St Mahmudullah scored not out 82 and Mushfiqur Rahim 77 runs to guide Bangladesh to post 256/8 in 50 overs against Zimbabwe in the fourth match of the five-match Bashundhara Cement ODI series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB.
In the day's match, Bangladesh batted first for the fourth time in four ODIs after winning the toss and faced early jolt losing four top order batsmen-Anamul Haque (5), Tamim Iqbal (16), Imrul Kayes (5) and Shakib Al Hasan (1) -- for 32 runs in 12.2 overs.
Bangladesh miserably lost the wickets of Tamim, Imrul and Shakib just for one run (31-32) off 8.2 overs.
However, before the drinks break, Bangladesh scored 140 runs for 4 in 33 overs with Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah batting on 66 and 37 runs respectively.
In the fifth wicket stand, Test skipper Mushfiqur Rahim pairing with number four Mahmudullah contributed 134 runs in 25.1 overs to carry the total to 166 for 5 in 37.3 overs, before Mushfiqur was caught by Zimbabwe skipper Elton Chigumbura off Tafadzwa Kamungozi.
Mahmudullah, who was the day's successful Bangladesh batter, made his 10th ODI half-century scoring team highest, unbeaten 82 runs off 112 balls with six fours.
Mushfiqur made his 18th ODI half-century in the match scoring 77 runs off 78 balls with seven fours.
After the departure of Mushfiqur, number seven Sabbir Rahman (4) and number eight Abul Hasan (1), who returned to international cricket for the first time since March 2013 after being sidelined with a stress fracture on his back, failed to stand with Mahmudullah.
ODI skipper Mashrafe Mortaza, who made the only sixer for Bangladesh in the match, successfully paired with Mahmudullah in the eighth wicket stand that contributed 65 runs in 8 overs, before being caught by wicketkeeper Peter Moor off Neville Madziva at 242 for 8 in 48.2 overs.
Mashrafe smashed 39 runs off 25 balls with four fours and two sixes.
Rubel Hossain remained unbeaten on 7 runs while ODI debut leg spinner Jubair Hossain, named in place of Arafat Sunny, also remained at the crease till the end.
Solomon Mire and Neville Madziva grabbed three wickets each for 49 and 60 runs respectively while Tafadzwa Kamungozi took two wickets for 36 runs, all bowled quota 10 overs.
Both teams wore black armbands and observed a minute's silence before the start of the match in memory of the Australian batsman Phillip Hughes who died in Sydney on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the Tigers already sealed the five-match series 3-0 after beating the visitors by a massive 124 runs in the third match at the same venue Wednesday.
On way to 3-0 series win, Mashrafe-led Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 68 runs in the second ODI at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on November 23 and won the first match by 87 runs-the first ODI victory for home side in 2014 -- at the same venue on November 21.
The Tigers already have a nine-point advantage over Zimbabwe with this 3-0 series win.
Innings Bangladesh 256 for 8 (Mahmudullah 82*, Mushfiqur 77) v Zimbabwe.
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