da apostaganha： West Indies captain Carl Hooper said today that the victory againstZimbabwe in the Coca Cola Cup triangular series had given a lot ofconfidence to his side and he was now looking forward to defeatingIndia in the next game to be able to go into the
02-Jul-2001West Indies captain Carl Hooper said today that the victory againstZimbabwe in the Coca Cola Cup triangular series had given a lot ofconfidence to his side and he was now looking forward to defeatingIndia in the next game to be able to go into the final with a positiveframe of mind."We need a confidence booster before the final and hope to win againstIndia at Harare," Hooper said after his team clinched a five-wicketwin over Zimbabwe in a nail-biting finish to confirm their place inthe final. "The final against India would be a good match. Zimbabwepushed us real hard," he said after pipping Zimbabwe with just a ballto spare.Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak said it was unfortunate to sufferanother 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 250was a competitive score."Grant Flower who won the man-of-the match for his superb 94 wasdisappointed to end up on the losing side. "What can you say," hesaid.On the repeated collapse of the Zimbabwe top order in this series,Flower said newcomer Dion (Ebrahim) was a quality opener and hoped hewill come good soon. "He is a new guy and he will come good, though hedid not have the best of series."