Hooper hopes to win dress rehearsal on Wednesday

West Indies captain Carl Hooper said today that the victory against Zimbabwe in the Coca Cola Cup triangular series had given a lot of confidence to his side and he was now looking forward to defeating India in the next game to be able to go into the final with a positive frame of mind.

"We need a confidence booster before the final and hope to win against India at Harare," Hooper said after his team clinched a five-wicket win over Zimbabwe in a nail-biting finish to confirm their place in the final. "The final against India would be a good match. Zimbabwe pushed us real hard," he said after pipping Zimbabwe with just a ball to spare.

Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak said it was unfortunate to suffer another loss. Patting the middle order for the splendid recovery, Streak said "After the quick loss of the three top order batsmen, Wishart, Flower and Whittal chipped in with good scores. I thought 250 was a competitive score."

Grant Flower who won the man-of-the match for his superb 94 was disappointed to end up on the losing side. "What can you say," he said.

On the repeated collapse of the Zimbabwe top order in this series, Flower said newcomer Dion (Ebrahim) was a quality opener and hoped he will come good soon. "He is a new guy and he will come good, though he did not have the best of series."