Australia has wrapped up the Ashes in dominant style, taking an unassailable 3-0 lead after demolishing England by an innings and 14 runs at the MCG.
The pitiful English resistance lasted just 80 minutes on Tuesday morning as they lost their last six wickets for 22 runs to be all out for just 68.
Scott Boland claimed outstanding figures of 6-7 on Test debut, with his five-wicket off 19 balls the equal-fastest in Test history. It marks the third straight Ashes where Australia have claimed the Ashes, after winning in 2017-18 and drawing the series in England in 2019 to keep the urn.
It is also the eighth time in the past nine series in Australia that the series has been wrapped up after three Tests. But never has England's capitulation been as brutal as it was in Melbourne this week.
Australia's triumph allowed them to wrap up the Test in 180.4 overs, the shortest Test match on home home soil in the past 71 years. To complete the embarrassment for the visitors, it is the quickest any team has sealed the urn Down Under in Ashes history.
Mitchell Starc has frequently been the man to break England's back during this series and he started the rot again on day three. After a somewhat positive start to the morning from Joe Root and Ben Stokes it was Starc again doing the damage, bowling Stokes for 11.
Scott Boland made a name for himself at the MCG in front of his home crowd. After removing Haseeb Hameed and nightwatchman Jack Leach in one over on Monday night, he trapped Jonny Bairstow lbw for five in the first hour on Tuesday morning.
And when he had Joe Root (28) edge off for the sixth time this series, the series was all but over. The Victorian got rid of Ollie Robinson and Mark Wood in the next over before Cameron Green gave England their last rites when he bowled Jimmy Anderson for two and reclaimed the urn.
"We have been relentless with bat and ball when we have had to be," captain Pat Cummins said.
"The bowlers have turned up and owned the good area around the top of off stump.
"The batters have earned their runs. Big partnerships, Marnus, Davey, they have earnt the right to bat long.
"Everyone's performed. Everyone's contributed."
England's only fight now is to try to avoid a 5-0 whitewash, but on current form that would require a miracle or intervention from the weather in Sydney and Hobart.
"Credit to Australia. They blew us away last night and have outplayed us through the Test match and series," Root said.
"We've got a lot of hard work to do to make sure we come back strong in the last two games."
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