No matter the result there was always going to be a story in today's cricket World Cup final. For certain journalists the prospect of Sachin Tendulkar scoring his one hundredth century on his home ground in a final whilst Muttiah Muralitheran's last match provided others with a chance to salivate at the opportunity for him to take the winning wicket. In the end Tendulkar scored 18 and Murali failed to take any wickets which in terms of this final may be for the best as it does detract from the actual match, which may have been the case had one of those scenarios occurred. Personally I am sure that there first concern would be to win the match and for that reason Tendulkar will be pleased enough that he did not reach his milestone in this match but for Murali this does not detract from his career which is worthy of all the accolades he is sure to now receive.
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