Combat Effectiveness

[vince hughes]

Daniel,

I agree. In many sports (though not often in the US, hockey excepted in part), there is often credit in a 'draw'. Cricket being the most highlighted of all. A team can be being trounced, but if they don't take all the wickets by the end of play, then it is a draw. This often leads to a situation where the last batsman is hanging on in there in the last few minutes, not worrying about runs scored but instead preserving his 'wicket' to salvage the draw.

See Michael Atherton and Jack Russell's heroic saving of a game against South Africa in 1995/96 at Johannesburg: Atherton had to bat 10 hours 45 minutes to do it. Memorable stuff. If anything gives credence to a 'draw', this does.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/crick...24253.html