India, Dec. 27 -- The wait was 14 years and 5,468 days long, but it's finally over. England has at last done it. The Ashes might have gotten out of their grasp, but the Ben Stokes-led side showed some fight in the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, winning the Boxing Day Test against Australia by four wickets, in 32.2 overs, on Saturday. The match got done and dusted inside two days, and England didn't have to sweat much in chasing the target of 175. The Melbourne track offered plenty of assistance for the pacers, and for the entire duration of the Test, not a single over was bowled by a spinner.

A total of 36 wickets fell in two days, but England somehow managed to get the job done, gaining a much-needed consolation win, and t...