With the Ashes and the series already lost, it was a case of damage limitation for England, as they headed to Trent Bridge, Nottingham for the fifth Test match.
Unfortunately for them, Australia were in no mood to take their foot off the gas, and inflicted another heavy defeat.
Things went wrong for the home side almost from the minute they lost the toss and Australia chose to bat first.
Geoff Marsh and Mark Taylor batted through the first day. They eventually shared an opening stand of 329. After Marsh was dismissed for 138, Taylor added 101 more with David Boon until he was out for 219. Boon himself scored 73, and Allan Border 65, whilst extras contributed 61 before Australia declared on 602/6.
A demoralised England slumped to 37/4 in reply, before Robin Smith’s 101, and some resistance from the tail helped them close on a more respectable 255. Terry Alderman took 5-69.
Not surprisingly, Australia decided to enforce the follow on and bowled out England for just 167, the bowlers sharing the wickets. Australia won by by an innings and 180 runs.
There was still a sixth Test to be played, at the Oval, although there were some English fans who would have been glad to see the back of the Australians.
And again, they had much the better of the match after deciding to bat first after winning the toss.
Dean Jones led the way with 122, with Border making 76 and Boon 46, out of a total of 468.
England then produced another sub-par batting performance, although their total of 285 would have been worse but for 79 from captain David Gower and 59 from No. 9 Gladstone Small. Alderman was the leading wicket taker, with 5-66.
Australia made 219/4 in their second innings, Border and Jones both scoring half centuries, before declaring in a bid to force a result.
And, at 67/4 England were struggling, until an unbeaten 77 from Robin Smith helped them save the game. They salvaged a draw.
Still, the final score of four wins to nil in favour of the Australians was an indication of how dominant they had been.