As strong as Jamie Siddons's bullish mood was the Zimbabwe camp's assertion on ending the five-match one-day series with a win. The visitors have all to play for today as they take on the Tigers in the final game at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium.

Bangladesh are 2-1 up but with Friday's washout of the fourth one-dayer, the last game has suddenly gained importance for both sides; the visitors hoping at least to salvage a draw while the Tigers will want to make it a bigger series-winning margin.

"Weare2-1 up now, but we need to go 3-1 up. We need to play really good cricket to beat Zimbabwe. We need to keep them where they are now: in a little bit of indecision and lack of confidence, that's where we need to keep them,” said Siddons yesterday after the Tigers' training session.

The tourists' skipper Elton Chigumbura, who had recovered from his groin injury before the

abandoned fourth game, said that he would settle for a 2-all draw."It's better to level the series than to lose it. We just have to win the game and make sure we level the series," said the all-rounder.

Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak, now with the visitors as the bowling coach, also said that a drawn series would bean achievement.

"It would be something like that since Bangladesh recently beat New Zealand so convincingly.

"I think it would be nice to go from here with a draw, especially since this is our last series before the World Cup,” said Streak.

The sun was out as the teams went about their nets but it was quite apparent that the ground itself hadn't dried up completely. Siddons also dispelled, for the time being, some of the concerns about the wicket.

"The wicket is really good, as good as we can expect. The outfield is still damp in places but sunshine and some wind can make it better. It's starting to look like a cricket ground again," he said.

Chigumbura, too, thought it was a typical Chittagong wicket, spin being the key to success.

"It's the sort of wicket I expect in Chittagong, making sure we stay on the wicket and defend a score while trying to chase whatever it is that is set for us.

"We are going with three spinners because of the wicket. I think anything under 220 would be a good score to chase. And if we bat first, anything over 200 is a winning score, especially with our bowlers," he added.

The Tigers meanwhile will go into today's match with an unchanged side, the chief selector RafiquI Alam confirming that the winning combination from the third ODI would not be broken. "We are keeping the same team, a winning combination. Even though this is not a series decider, we have to make sure we win it 3-1," said the former national cricketer.

The Tigers have won the last three one-day series against the Zimbabweans, six in all while the visitors have won four, the last one coming in 2006.