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Cairns warns WI pacers

AFP, Southampton
New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns has said the Black Caps will hope to take advantage of the West Indies' inexperienced pace attack in Saturday's NatWest Series final at Lord's.
"Everybody knows that their bowling is probably the one area (of concern)," Cairns, 34, told reporters after Thursday's dress rehearsal between the sides here at the Hampshire Rose Bowl was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
He added: "They (the West Indies) load up their batting and tend to go a little bit light on the bowling. They don't quite have the same depth of all-rounders as we have.
"So there is a slight area we can expose there if we play well but saying that their batting potential is quite exciting.
"They don't always put it together but their potential is quite exciting," added Cairns, a canny quick bowler who took three for 29 in New Zea-
land's five-wicket win against the West Indies when the teams last met in the tournament at Cardiff on Saturday.
But West Indies captain Brian Lara, after Tuesday's seven-wicket win over England at Lord's that saw the hosts knocked out, insisted: "The guys are coming together. They are getting better with more experience."
Thursday's washout meant the
Kiwis headed into the Lord's showpiece having gone nearly a week without a game following their six-wicket victory against England at Bristol on Sunday.
And Cairns admitted the unexpectedly long break had become a concern.
"It's something we have to be conscious of because Sunday was the last time we had a hit out.
"But 90 per cent of it's mental anyway. Having that week off sometimes doesn't help but I think this team is really excited about the opportunity on Saturday."
New Zealand have won two of the last three one-day finals they have appeared in most recently in 2003 when they defeated Pakistan in a triangular series in Sri Lanka.
"Getting to finals is becoming a habit and that's a good thing. If we can win on Saturday it's just another feather in our cap," said Cairns, who explained that a Lord's victory would help remove some of the disappointment of a 3-0 Test series reverse against England earlier on the tour.
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"It would be nice to leave these shores with the memory that we can play after a disappointing Test series."
So far every completed match in the tournament has been won by the side fielding first
And New Zealand, who topped the standings with three wins from six matches -- all in commading style -- and three washouts, have seen skipper Stephen Fleming win all his tosses.
New Zealand, have long been regarded as favourites for this event because of an all-round one-day strength in both batting and bowling as well as being a fine fielding side throughout.
It is an unusual position for a New Zealand team to be in but Cairns said: "For a lot of teams that can be detrimental but with our side we have to make sure we are comfortable with that.
TEAMS
NEW ZEALAND (from): Stephen Fleming, Nathan Astle, Hamish Marshall, Scott Styris, Craig McMillan, Daryl Tuffey, Chris Harris, Daniel Vettori, Ian Butler, Andre Adams, Gareth Hopkins, Michael Papps, Chris Cairns,
Jacob Oram, James Franklin.
WEST INDIES (from): Chris Gayle, Devon Smith, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Brian Lara (captain), Ricardo Powell, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith, Ridley Jacobs, Darren Sammy, Jermaine Lawson, Ian Bradshaw, Ravi Rampaul, Carlton Baugh, Tino Best.