Smith’s side were too good for England, who offered little resistance CAMERON SPENCER/GETTY IMAGESAustralia thrashed England by an innings and 123 runs to win the fifth and final Ashes test at the Sydney Cricket Ground today and complete a comprehensive 4-0 series victory. It’s been an amazing summer. It’s pretty special to be 4-0 up in an Ashes series, get that urn back“It’s been a great couple of months. The cricket we’ve played has been outstanding,” Steve Smith, the Australia captain, said. Root was too sick to attend the post-match presentation so James Anderson deputised for him, telling the crowd…

Source: The Times January 08, 2018 09:00 UTC