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The momentum, which was swinging back and forth like a yo-yo, tilted in Zimbabwe's favour when Carl Hooper smacked a Grant Flower full toss down the throat of long off. There were 19 still needed in 17 balls and Ridley Jacobs responded to the gravitas of the situation in his typically unflappable mien. Jacobs was always in control, calmly slotting the ball in the gaps, and flicking Streak through midwicket for the winning boundary off the game's penultimate ball. It was the closest finish of a hitherto lopsided sequence of contests and the West Indies team broke into spontaneous cheers on the balcony as they clinched their appointed place in the final of the competition against India.