"RIP Bazball" Memes Flood Internet As Australia Humble England 3-0 To Retain Ashes

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Fans didn't hold back on social media as Australia clinched the Ashes title 3-0 against England, with two games to spare.

Australia retained the Ashes with two matches to spare after paceman Mitchell Starc took three of the last four wickets to blunt England's defiant comeback Sunday in a tense fifth-day finish to the third cricket test. Australia started Day 5 needing four wickets to retain the Ashes, with England resuming at 6-207 and still 228 runs away from the victory target of 435 that would have required a world record to achieve. “Feels pretty awesome,” Australia captain Pat Cummins said of the 82-run win at the Adelaide Oval. “We got it done.” As fans in Australia celebrated their team's dominance in the 5-match series, England fans didn't hesitate in blasting Bazball on social media.

The Sunday morning was brutal for English cricket as Australia retained the Ashes trophy, taking an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series. The fallout has been immediate and scathing, with "Bazball", the ultra-aggressive philosophy championed by Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum, coming under the heaviest fire since its inception in 2022.