Geoffrey Boycott delivers his verdict after the third day of the Sydney Ashes Test as Australia completed a 5-0 Ashes clean sweep against England.
Australia completed a 5-0 Ashes clean sweep against England on Sunday as the hapless tourists crumbled to a humiliating 281-run defeat in the fifth Test in Sydney.
Demoralised England capitulated after tea against the home side's formidable pace attack, losing seven wickets in 52 minutes on their way to being bundled out for 166 in 31.4 overs - getting nowhere near the 448 victory target.
It was the sixth time the beleaguered tourists had been skittled for under 200 in the five-match series.
The crushing defeat - with more than two days to spare - is expected to have major ramifications for English cricket just months after they beat Australia 3-0 in England.
Paceman Ryan Harris finished with five for 25 to finish man-of-the-match, while man-of-the-series and fellow fast bowler Mitchell Johnson - who took 37 wickets in the five
matches - had figures of 3-40.
It was the third time Australia had achieved a 5-0 series clean sweep over England, after 1920-21 and 2006-07, and Clarke was also involved in the previous one. The
Australians have now climbed to third in the ICC rankings above England and Pakistan.
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