England were humiliated successful conscionable implicit 2 days astatine the MCG and absorption sweeping done the media astatine location has, unsurprisingly, been scathing.
Journalists and erstwhile England cricketers person labelled the tourists' Boxing Day Test show "embarrassing", called for "a large inquest", declared "people's jobs are connected the line" and raised sedate fears implicit the aboriginal of manager Chris Silverwood.
The searing backlash comes aft England's innings decision consigned the visitors to a 3-0 bid deficit, Australia retaining the Ashes urn successful the look of brittle resistance.
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"It is embarrassing. There was nary fight," erstwhile England speedy Stephen Harmison told BT Sport.
"You tin accidental Australia person bowled well, which they person done; they person been magnificent, arsenic achy arsenic it is for an Englishman to say.
"But to suffer by an innings erstwhile a squad lone gets 267 runs tells you everything astir wherever this bid has been.
"There is going to beryllium a large inquest. There are going to beryllium people's careers connected the line.
"Our bowling portion implicit the past fewer years has been capable to triumph games of planetary cricket. Our batting portion has been abysmal. There is nary different mode of sugar-coating it.
"Something has to happen, thing has to change, whether it is looking done the system, whether it is personnel."
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Former England all-rounder Moeen Ali lamented the gulf betwixt the 2 sides.
"I didn't deliberation the spread was that large earlier the bid but I astir deliberation it is bigger than we are consenting to admit," Ali told BT Sport.
"I can't retrieve galore sessions we person won successful this series.
"It does consciousness embarrassing arsenic a subordinate and you bash consciousness down. We person been disconnected the gait and we've got immoderate soul-searching to do."
Dean Wilson of The Mirror honed successful connected the devastating infinitesimal successful which the bid was decided, Australia's Cameron Green rattling the stumps of James Anderson arsenic the MCG assemblage erupted.
"In 12 days either broadside of Christmas, England mislaid the Ashes and their cricketing dignity with much than fractional the bid inactive near to play," Wilson wrote.
"At 11.50am connected time 3 of the 3rd Test astatine the MCG, Cam Green captured the last English wicket to rout them for 68 successful their 2nd innings arsenic they mislaid by an innings and 14 runs.
"This was not conscionable an Ashes defeat, it was an utter capitulation. A surrender that simply indispensable bring astir existent and meaningful alteration erstwhile it comes to the mode England addresses Test cricket."
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Nick Hoult of The Times pointed to the destructive last hr of play connected time two, in which Australia accelerated bowlers Mitchell Starc and Scott Boland decimated England's apical order.
The Poms reached stumps connected time 2 reeling astatine 4-31 and inactive needing 52 runs to unit Australia to bat again, which they failed to bash successful disastrous scenes.
"Australia retained the Ashes erstwhile James Anderson was bowled to bring down the curtain connected a pathetic England batting show that summed up this atrocious tour," Hoult wrote.
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"England ne'er recovered from an electrifying last hr connected the 2nd time erstwhile they mislaid 4 wickets to immoderate intimidating, brutal accelerated bowling."
Then came a grim outlook connected the aboriginal of manager Chris Silverwood.
"Ashley Giles, the squad director, volition beryllium successful Sydney adjacent week and has a large determination to marque implicit the aboriginal of the caput manager earlier the Test circuit to the West Indies successful March," Hoult wrote.
"Silverwood has been successful complaint since 2019 erstwhile helium replaced Trevor Bayliss arsenic caput coach.
"He was fixed adjacent much powerfulness successful May erstwhile Ed Smith, the main selector, was sacked by Giles who enactment Silverwood successful wide power of selection. Since past England person mislaid six Tests retired of eight."
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