This is the Friends of Mr. Debating Society. I'm John Baxter in Chile, New England, and I go to Jeremy

Zachus in extremely torrid New South Wales to admire the Ashes contest. When last we left Jeremy,

it appeared that the Australians were on their way to sweeping the first three tests, and therefore the last two

were ceremonial, not to be considered part of the competition.

And sure enough, in these last hours, the finishing of the fourth test, there will be a fifth

in Sydney.

And drum roll, please, What did the English do,

knowing that they've lost? How did they respond, Jeremy? Oh, John, they responded by actually

playing cricket and guess what? The English won. I didn't think I'd be saying that here today

right now, but the English actually won the fourth test in the Ashes series.

And this was after the English were devastatingly bad at playing cricket for the first three to the point where they were losing by margins that had not been seen for over 120 years.

It was apparent.

But they have actually won the fourth test.

They won by four wickets,

which means it was a very decisive win.

And I think I should point out here too, John,

that yes, it is true that these next two games are ceremonial

because no matter what the English do now,

they can't mathematically win the overall series

because we have won three and there's only five games.

But both teams were really, really

low scoring again. This was almost like the Perth Ashes test all over again, but they're in

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