▁to ▁ensure ▁McC abe ' s ▁effort ▁was ▁not ▁in ▁vain , ▁and ▁he ▁secured ▁the ▁draw ▁with ▁ 1 4 4 ▁not ▁out . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁slow est ▁Test ▁hundred ▁of ▁his ▁career ▁and ▁he ▁played ▁a ▁similar ▁inn ings ▁of ▁ 1 0 2 ▁not ▁out ▁in ▁the ▁next ▁Test ▁as ▁Australia ▁strugg led ▁to ▁another ▁draw . ▁Rain ▁completely ▁was hed ▁out ▁the ▁Third ▁Test ▁at ▁Old ▁Tra ff ord . ▁ ▁Australia ' s ▁opportunity ▁came ▁at ▁He ading ley , ▁a ▁Test ▁described ▁by ▁Brad man ▁as ▁the ▁best ▁he ▁ever ▁played ▁in . ▁England ▁batt ed ▁first ▁and ▁made ▁ 2 2 3 . ▁During ▁the ▁Australian ▁inn ings , ▁Brad man ▁back ed ▁himself ▁by ▁opt ing ▁to ▁bat ▁on ▁in ▁poor ▁light ▁conditions , ▁reasoning ▁that ▁Australia ▁could ▁score ▁more ▁runs ▁in ▁bad ▁light ▁on ▁a ▁good ▁pitch ▁than ▁on ▁a ▁rain ▁affected ▁pitch ▁in ▁good ▁light , ▁when ▁he ▁had ▁the ▁option ▁to ▁go ▁off . ▁He ▁scored ▁ 1 0 3 ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 2 4 2 ▁and ▁the ▁gam ble ▁paid ▁off , ▁as ▁it ▁meant ▁there ▁was ▁sufficient ▁time ▁to ▁push ▁for ▁victory ▁when ▁an ▁England ▁collapse ▁left ▁them ▁a ▁target ▁of ▁only ▁ 1 0 7 ▁to ▁win . ▁Australia ▁sl ump ed ▁to ▁ 4 / 6 1 , ▁with ▁Brad man ▁out ▁for ▁ 1 6 . ▁An ▁approaching ▁storm ▁threatened ▁to ▁was h ▁the ▁game ▁out , ▁but ▁the ▁poor ▁weather ▁held ▁off