In Pakistan: No one's a loser anymore

So cricket, the game I have rediscovered in the past few days, is gloriously uncertain, or so I've been told. And yes, I've seen frequent examples of shifting fortunes and the tables turning in a matter of minutes. Similar to that other amazing sport, football.
But when does sport become non-competitive... In theory, in definition, it can't. Intrinsically, someone has to lose and someone has to win... but what do you do when the way a game is played doesn't necessarily allow you to do that? It's not such a simple answer. You could for instance, attempt to claim a moral victory. Score a last minute equaliser, and a team could claim to have won a match, everyone thought they had lost. Even though the score might be 1-1, there's something to be said for snatching victory (or a draw in this case) from the jaws of defeat. And that, many might consider the thrill of sport.
As a spectator, and an as ardent cricket and football (read Manchester United and England) fan, there's a certain amount of pride in watching, my team (be it India, MU, or England) fight back after they've had their backs to the wall. It displays a certain amount of character, a resilient quality that we're likely to admire almost anywhere. So, that perhaps might be a reason to fall in love with a team that doesn't give up (although Team India has self-decapitated on innumerable occasions in the past, this current one might have some spunk).
So, what does that say about the teams that win all the time (read Chelsea, Brazil, Australia). Simply that they don't know how to lose. Put them in a situation where they're supposed to have their backs to the wall, and they probably won't even know that they do. Do they compete? Yes, but only in the sense of obliterating an opponent that has to be crushed and demoralised completely. So, that the next time they raise their heads, it'll only be to match a respectful gaze.
I don't know if any of this makes sense. I don't even know why I started writing this in the first place... but I guess, I'm just trying to say that sometimes you don't have to win to be a winner and a draw doesn't always make you an equal, it just might mean that you decide to become a winner but just a tad too late...