Australia's unbeaten run at home in Ashes Tests was always going to end one day.
That it concluded at 18 matches with England's win in Melbourne was obviously disappointing for us Australians in the commentary boxes but not devastating.
That run had gone on for almost 15 years and I still cannot work out how England have managed to lose 16 out of 18 before this.
They have had good players across that period – Joe Root, Ben Stokes, James Anderson, Stuart Broad and others – so it has to be the mental and tactical side of the game, as I suggested last week.
Having come through that, we will see if that is the curse broken or if England slip back into their old ways in Sydney where hopefully there will be a pitch that allows for a more even contest between bat and ball.
