Battle Of The Spinners

Im hopping over to the finals. Normally, Muralitharan vs Hogg would have been a no-contest but in this particular World Cup, look at these figures.

Player	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	Ct	St

Hogg 10 79.5 6 313 20 4/27 15.65 3.92 23.9 2 0 4 0
Murali 9 77.4 1 307 23 4/19 13.34 3.95 20.2 2 0 5 0

They are almost identical, another contest within the contest that is really close.

I plan to come up with a series of contests within contests for the finals that will help us to see why both teams are so well-matched and yet the Aussies will be favorites. The fact that Hogg has managed to match Murali is certainly one of them - one big advantage Sri Lanka would have enjoyed has been blunted to some extent.