It just proves that aussies cant really play cricket.
It's wonderful how some people conveniently forget what it's too painful for them to remember. In the period from 1989 to 2005, England and Australia played 43 tests, with Australia winning 28, England 7 and there were 8 drawn. All except one of England's wins came after the series had been decided. The 2005 series was narrowly won by England, including a 2 run victory in the second test, the smallest winning margin in Ashes history. Australia got its revenge at home in 2007 with a 5-0 whitewash, totally humiliating England but, to be fair, England had some promising young cricketers emerging.
Australia then had a period where many senior players retired and, due to extremely poor management and selection decisions, had virtually no young players with any experience at the top level. This lead to England, who had been through a successful rebuilding process, regaining the Ashes at home in 2009, then going on to crush Australia, in Australia (for the first time in 24 years) to retain the trophy. I don't think any of the above proves that Aussies can't really play cricket, or even play REAL cricket. It's also worth looking at the overall results of Ashes matches from 1882 to the present time. During that period, which covers the whole existence of the Ashes, Australia has won 123, England 100, with 87 drawn. Not bad for a country which can't play real cricket.
To their credit, as Martin doon under kindly pointed out, Australia rallied to totally humiliate England in the one day series 6-1. True, England suffered injuries to a number of key players, but Australia also had injury worries, and some of the top players were rested. England's heavy defeat has come at a very bad time because, with the Cricket World Cup only days away, their confidence has taken a battering, and confidence is a big part of good cricket performance.
In summary, England was by far the better side in the tests, but Australia turned the tables in the ODIs. From an Aussie point of view, the emergence of some very promising young players in the domestic competition, and the performances of established players such as Shane Watson and Mike Hussey, to name but two, gives us hope for the future. I just hope that that Cricket Australia nurtures the youngsters in the right way, and that the selectors do their job properly. If this happens, then Australia will once again take its rightful place at the top of world cricket.
Peter.