England great tips Ashes horror for years to come

Australia has dominated connected Day 3 of the Boxing Day Test to defeat England by an innings and 14 runs, retaining the Ashes urn successful the process.

After the hosts took six wickets wrong an hr and a fractional to unafraid the 3rd Test lucifer earlier lunch, erstwhile England skipper Michael Vaughan expressed his mortification astatine the tourist's dismal performance.

"It's been embarrassing, they're a radical of players that pridefulness themselves connected competing and they've conscionable not managed to find immoderate benignant of consistency oregon skill, not been capable to negociate playing against this powerhouse of a team," Vaughan said connected Fox Cricket.

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Joe Root of England recovers aft being struck by a ball. (Getty)

"The juggernaut started successful Brisbane and they've conscionable not been capable to halt the Australian juggernaut.

"Australia with each of the extent that they've got [and] the Ashes successful England successful 2023, England... they've got immoderate large problems."

Asked astir what the absorption would beryllium backmost successful Britain, Vaughan said supporters would beryllium disappointed aft England mislaid their 3rd consecutive Test lucifer connected Australian soil.

Ben Stokes bowled by Mitchell Starc

"To deliberation that the England fans would person stayed up to ticker the archetypal hour, I deliberation they'll beryllium putting their caput connected the pillow very, precise [disappointed]," helium said.

"They've been disappointed with the England broadside each tour, you cognize it's not casual successful these times - the England broadside not a large woody of preparation, but if you privation to look for excuses you can.

"You tin ever find an excuse, this Test lucifer squad has for rather a portion not been bully enough, has not focused capable connected the Test lucifer team.

Michael Vaughan said England's show this Ashes was "embarrassing". (Getty)

"The absorption has been a batch much connected the white-ball squad and it delivered a World Cup, but we're not a bully capable cricket federation to instrumentality our oculus disconnected the Test cricket, we can't conscionable get and play. Tinkering with enactment passim 2021 has conscionable not been bully enough.

"But Australia, exceptional. A existent high-class radical of players.

"I would accidental with the radical that I'm seeing, and the mode that they're playing, if they don't bushed England successful these conditions successful 2023, I'd beryllium amazed.

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