Whitewash is on: Australia regain the Ashes with crushing win in Perth

After being outplayed down under, what next for Joe Root’s England side?

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Shaun Marsh, captain Steve Smith and Mitch Marsh celebrate Australia’s Ashes victory
(Image credit: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Outplayed, outfought and out of options. England are facing an Ashes whitewash after Australia regained the urn with a dominant victory in Perth.

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