Australia ended England’s resistance on Monday to claim an innings victory in the fifth Ashes Test and complete a 4-0 series rout in Sydney.
The beleaguered tourists collapsed after lunch, losing their last four wickets for their fourth comprehensive defeat of the series.
England finished at 180/9 off 88.1 overs as Australia won by an innings and 123 runs.
It followed comprehensive losses on the troubled five-Test tour in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. The fourth Test was drawn in Melbourne.
At the presentation ceremony, Cricket Australia decided to rub it in by bringing out two larger-than-life cutouts of hands painted with the colours of the flags of the two teams. The Australian hand stuck four fingers up while the England one showed a zero.
The cringeworthy props attracted their fair share of criticism on social media, with journalists and fans from both countries calling the organisers out for it.
Some used humour to call Australia out...
Others were a lot more critical and harsh.
In case anyone was wondering what would have happened if England had managed to hang on for a draw, the answer is here:
If Australia really wanted to rub it in and be more classy about it, perhaps they should have just used this photo:
With inputs from AFP
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