Western Australia hasn’t been shy away from rubbing salt on England’s fresh and deep wounds as they again lost the Ashes 2025/26 series after the 82-run defeat in the third red-ball clash at the Adelaide Oval. On December 22, they published an obituary of ‘Bazball’- which changed the face of English cricket with their attacking approach.

It’s reminiscent of the obituary of England Cricket that was published by the ‘Sporting Times’ in 1882, which led to the iconic name of the series- ‘The Ashes’. There were several stages during the Adelaide clash when England were ahead, but they couldn’t dominate the game from thereon, which saw them losing the urn by a 3-0 margin in the series so far. 

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“An affectionate remembrance of Bazball, who died at the Oval on 21st December 2025. Deeply lamented by Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes, but basically no one else. R.I.P. Australia win the Ashes, beating woeful Poms in just three matches and 11 days of cricket.” The obituary mocked the Bazball in Western Australia.  

Western Australia mocks Bazball with obituary in Ashes 2025/27

Memory goes back to the opening Test of the series at the Optus Stadium in Perth when England were leading by 100 runs on the first session of the second day with eight wickets in hand. But they let the game slip from that position drastically and ended up losing the game four hours later.

The back page of Monday's The West Australian. pic.twitter.com/BUAs0pxxsK

— The West Australian (@westaustralian) December 21, 2025

Stokes revealed that their dream has been broken at the moment, but they would still try to win the last two games in the Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) and later on in the New Year’s Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).

“I thought we were on for another heist this morning when Jamie and Will were playing so well, but we can't do what we came here to do. There’s some good stuff to take out of this game. Looking back on this game, losing the toss and going in to bowl, keeping Australia to an under-par score, not being able to respond with the bat the way we wanted to.” Stokes addressed in the post-match presentation.