Last night an Adelaide mum burst into the living room interrupting her sons watching the nail-biting first test between Australia and Pakistan.
As Mary (42) wandered in and noticed all attention poised on the TV, she opened her mouth to release the same question she has been previously warned not to ask.
“So who’s winning?” she asked.
At this point, Australian captain Tim Paine and the tail were battling away in aims of securing what would be an incredible draw.
“Mum can you not? I’m trying to watch,” her son, Todd said.
“Painey and the Aussies are attempting to pull off one of the most miraculous draws in the history of the game.”
For Todd, trying to explain to mum that an Australian ‘draw’ was as good as an Australian ‘win’ was an audacious task.
“Draw? But how can it be a draw? Pakistan have scored way more runs?” Mary asked her son.
At this point Todd was fuming.
“Just forget about it Mum! Let us watch the game — you’ll never understand.”
Mary kissed her son on the top of the head before making her way out of the living room.
“Whatever … well … of course … I’ll never quite understand a game where a draw involves one team scoring more points than the other,” she muttered on the way out.
In the end, Australia hung on for a sensational draw against Pakistan after Usman Khawaja, Travis Head and Paine all patiently dug deep to save the game.
Needing a highly impossible 462 runs to win, Australia batted for a draw and survived a testing last hour eight wickets down.
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