The fifth Test is in Hobart.
Australia 304 (Head 101, Green 74) and 155 (Carey 49, Wood 6-37).
England had a total of 188 and 124.
Australia won the series by 146 runs.
The scorecard is a summary of what happened.
The final Test of England's miserable tour was a disaster as Australia romped to a 146-run victory.
England lost all 10 of their pitchers after they reached 68-0, but still managed to win the game.
England collapsed in the final session of the third day as they were skittled out for 124, collapsing with breathtaking speed and ineptitude, even by their recent standards.
Pat Cummins, who lifted the urn in his first series as captain, took three of the four remaining wickets.
Mark Wood's superb 6-37 helped dismiss Australia for 155 in their second dig to give England an outside chance of a remarkable win.
Instead, Australia repeat their margin of victory from four years ago and extend England's winless run.
Since February of last year, Joe Root's side have only won one of their 14 Tests.
They haven't won an away Test in 14 years when they return to Australia in 25 years.
Another defeat inevitable.
There were times on another entertaining Test that England might have had a chance to win.
The crucial decision was made against them when they found out that Chris woakes overstepped when he took Alex Carey. The dismissal of Carey would have left Australia 91-7, but the keeper made a crucial 49.
However, that moment was rendered irrelevant by the way England capitulated, ending the series with another batting collapse that has become a characteristic of their Test cricket.
This tour may be remembered for the time in which it was played, with the Covid pandemic casting doubt on whether England would take part and then playing a role in their disrupted preparation.
All aspects of English cricket will come under review after another poor performance in Australia.
Australia, who had played only four Tests in the previous 18 months and had to replace captain Tim Paine with Cummins on the eve of the series, were vastly superior and will be favorites to end a 22-year wait for a series victory in the UK when they travel in 2023.
One last collapse.
It was fanciful to ask the England team to complete their highest chase in Australia for 60 years, and largest in all of the day-night Tests they have played.
With his long hair untied, and with Zak Crawley rattling along at more than four an over to put Australia under genuine pressure,Rory Burns felt like a man with nothing to lose.
England batting failures are so frequent that it was inevitable. Sure enough, when Burns accidentally hit Green on his stumps for 26, the rest followed in quick time.
After his daughter was born six weeks early, Dawid Malan played on off the same bowler, while Crawley walked into an edge off Green for 36.
Ben Stokes pulled Mitchell Starc to deep square leg, Joe Root was undone by a scuttler from the bowler, and Sam Billings was accused of chipping the same bowler to mid-on.
Each stroke was more ridiculous than the last to speed up Australia's celebrations.
More to come.
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