"Bazball is dead, asserted the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, quoting former Australian opener Simon Katich. The West Australian newspaper fully committed to the theme, mocking up a pronouncement of Bazball's passing on ye olde parchment, deeply lamented by Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes, but basically no one else. However, the triumphal moment in the country's greatest sporting rivalry was diluted in Monday's newspapers, as a belated and ultimately hard-earned Ashes victory was pushed from the front pages"
"In The Sydney Morning Herald, the match didn't warrant a mention on either the front page or the news section, even though the series arrives at the SCG in less than two weeks. Others carried page one photos with pointers to the sport sections, although the victory was the splash across the front of the hometown Advertiser in Adelaide, after the city broke its Test match attendance record."
"Rampant Aussies prove point, splashed the Advertiser across two of its seven pages of coverage, a spread duplicated in New Corp's other tabloids. How the worst Australian team in 15 years' retained urn after just 11 days was the subject of analysis in the The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, as News Corp replicated the theme: Cummins' men beat odds to make mockery of Broad's prediction."
Australian sports pages overwhelmingly ridiculed pre-series English predictions and declared Bazball dead, quoting commentators and mocking the concept with satire. Coverage noted lament from Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes but suggested little broader sympathy. The Ashes victory was celebrated in some outlets, notably the Advertiser after Adelaide set a Test attendance record, while major papers such as the Sydney Morning Herald downplayed the match amid competing news. Back pages lampooned prior English criticism, especially Stuart Broad's assessment, and analysed how an Australian side missing key players still retained the urn in just 11 days.
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