Pakistan won the group game between the two teams by 163 runs in Khulna and may start slight favourites in Dhaka.

"I think we will have the psychological advantage because of our earlier win," said Pakistan manager Sultan Rana.

But West Indies coach Clyde Butts replied: "We are ready to do better against them this time."

West Indies sent England tumbling to a 94-run defeat in the semifinals and Butts believes his side have improved since they lost to Pakistan in the first round.

"They beat us comfortably in the group stage, but this is a different match and I don't think the other result will affect our players at all."

The West Indies have shown flashes of brilliance to reach the final but they have also been inconsistent.

As well as losing against Pakistan, they only scraped home by six runs against Ireland in the first round.

They are capable of scoring big runs and their top three batsmen - Xavier Marshall, Tishan Maraj and Lendl Simmons - have all scored centuries in the tournament.

They can also count on skipper Denesh Ramdin who rose to the occasion in the semifinal with a match-winning 72 when his side was under pressure.

Pakistan, meanwhile, have only come unstuck just once in the tournament.

Their six victories include impressive wins over West Indies and New Zealand and a comfortable defeat of highly-fancied India in the semifinal.

Pakistan's strength has been their bowling and no side has managed to score more than 200 against them.

The highest total any side has managed against them was England's 196 in the one match that Pakistan lost.

They boast three of the tournament's top bowlers - Riaz Afridi, Tariq Mahmood and Mansoor Amjad.

Riaz has already taken 18 wickets in the tournament and will open the bowling for Pakistan in the final.

The powerful right-arm fast bowler claimed a five-wicket haul in the match against England.

Off-spinner Tariq and leg-spinner Mansoor impart prodigious spin and along with Riaz, have been touted as future international stars by their coach Aaquib Javed.

TEAMS
PAKISTAN (from): Khalid Latif (captain), Adnan Zaheer, Abid Ali, Jahangir Mirza, Mohammad Asif Iqbal, Fawad Alam, Zulqarnain Haider, Tariq Mahmood, Mansoor Amjad, Usman Saeed, Salman Qadir, Wahab Riaz, Riaz Afridi, Ali Imran Pasha.

WEST INDIES (from): Denesh Ramdin (captain), Kirk Edwards, Xavier Marshall, Tishan Maraj, Lendl Simmons, Assad Fudadin, Liam Sebastien, Ravi Rampaul, Mervin Matthew, Rishi Bachan, Lionel Baker, Barrington Yearwood, Jonathan Augustus, Zamal Khan.

Umpires: Jeremy Lloyds (England) and Peter Parker (Australia)