India, Dec. 27 -- England might already have lost the series to Australia and relinquished the Ashes in a very tame fashion after going down 3-0, but with a fighting victory to earn a win inside two days at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, they have ended a 14-year winless duck down under.

For this young England team, it is the culmination of a period that has seen plenty of talk around Bazball and whether it could compete in Australia. It might be a bigger occasion for Joe Root and Ben Stokes, two players who are amongst the veterans of the England unit, but had to wait for the majority of their careers to end up on the winning side of an Ashes Test match in Australia.

For captain Ben Stokes, this marked his 13th Test in Australia, and hi...