Steven Smith, Shaun Marsh and Mitchell Marsh are all smiles after Australia reclaimed the Ashes.

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Steven Smith, Shaun Marsh and Mitchell Marsh are all smiles after Australia reclaimed the Ashes.

It was always on the cards. It was only a matter of time. It eventually happened on Thursday (December 18) afternoon, when Pat Cummins got Chris Woakes to nick to Tim Paine.

And it's now official. The urn is back in Australia!

For a long time in the morning, though, the focus was on the sky, and the pitch.

England's only hope was rain.

Or maybe something like this...

But once the weather cleared, Josh Hazlewood did this with his first ball, and sent out clear signals.

Batting was always going to be difficult on this surface. Here's proof.

On such pitches, precision in line and length - hitting the crack, in other words - is key. Who better than Hazlewood to do that?

England did have one positive, in the form of Dawid Malan.

But it'll definitely not be enough to down the disappointment, especially after being in a decent position.

Kevin Pietersen wasn't going to be lenient in his assessment.

Though he did have some advice for the England captain.

Things were quite different for Joe Root's counterpart, who will be the talk of the town for several days to come.

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