Geoffrey Boycott delivers his verdict after the third day of the Sydney Ashes Test as Australia completed a 5-0 Ashes clean sweep against England.<br /><br />Australia completed a 5-0 Ashes clean sweep against England on Sunday as the hapless tourists crumbled to a humiliating 281-run defeat in the fifth Test in Sydney. <br /><br />Demoralised England capitulated after tea against the home side's formidable pace attack, losing seven wickets in 52 minutes on their way to being bundled out for 166 in 31.4 overs - getting nowhere near the 448 victory target. <br /><br />It was the sixth time the beleaguered tourists had been skittled for under 200 in the five-match series. <br /><br />The crushing defeat - with more than two days to spare - is expected to have major ramifications for English cricket just months after they beat Australia 3-0 in England. <br /><br />Paceman Ryan Harris finished with five for 25 to finish man-of-the-match, while man-of-the-series and fellow fast bowler Mitchell Johnson - who took 37 wickets in the five <br />matches - had figures of 3-40. <br /><br />It was the third time Australia had achieved a 5-0 series clean sweep over England, after 1920-21 and 2006-07, and Clarke was also involved in the previous one. The <br />Australians have now climbed to third in the ICC rankings above England and Pakistan. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Get the latest headlines http://www.telegraph.co.uk/<br /><br />Subscribe to The Telegraph http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=telegraphtv<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/telegraph.co.uk<br />Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/telegraph<br />Follow us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/102891355072777008500/<br /><br />Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Daily Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
