India, Dec. 21 -- England's ambitions of taking part in the most competitive Ashes in Australia in the last 40 years came crashing down in no time. In three painful matches agonisingly spread across the past five weeks, England saw their dreams of regaining the urn come crashing down, sealed with an 82-run loss in Adelaide to go 3-0 down in the series.

Ben Stokes has plenty of thinking and talking to do as England captain in the wake of this disastrous series, with the 'Bazball' mantra not quite coming through. A bitter pill to swallow, Stokes didn't try to gloss things over while reflecting on the loss in the immediate aftermath.

"That dream that we came here with is now over, which is incredibly disappointing. Everyone is hurting and ...