Whenever you see banner headlines like "Humiliating," "Embarrassing" and "Pathetic" in the sports pages of the English newspapers, it is a good bet they are commenting on the latest England cricketing woes, invariably in Australia.
Sadly, that has been the case once again and the only crumbs of comfort for England fans from the recent Ashes series in Australia was that such a trouncing was half-expected anyway. Being on the receiving end of a drubbing in the Land of Oz is a familiar feeling.
These were not just defeats for England but real hammerings, the losing margins being uncomfortably large -- nine wickets, 275 runs, an innings and 14 runs and 146 runs.
They were only saved from a 5-0 whitewash when they hung on for a draw in the fourth Test thanks primarily to rain delays.
No wonder Australian captain Pat Cummins purred: "I feel like we're in a really good place."
One thing for sure, England have perfected the batting collapse to almost a work of art.
It happened repeatedly in the recent series and it seemed only fitting it was another batting disintegration that finished off England in the final Test at Hobart.
They had been moving along quite nicely with openers Zak Crawley and Rory Burns reaching 68 for no wicket, the highest England opening stand of the series.
At this stage, some England fans could be forgiven for thinking the unthinkable … that England could even win. But then reality returned with the inevitable collapse and quite spectacular it was too, losing all 10 wickets for just 56 runs as they crumbled to 124 all out.
It prompted former England captain Michael Atherton to observe: "Another utterly abject, humiliating collapse, devoid of any technical competence or fighting spirit."
Sir Geoffrey Boycott weighed in with "the whole series has been about poor standard of batting techniques" adding that the England batters "lacked patience and determination."
Former England all-rounder Sir Ian Botham called the performance "embarrassing and gutless".
He was particularly unhappy with the lack of fight, saying "I just can't accept it when I see England throwing in the towel."
Despite the one-sided nature of the series, England's bowling has been quite reasonable.
Topping the list was Mark Wood who was finally rewarded in the last Test with 6-37 as Australia were bowled out for 155, giving England their short-lived hope of victory.
It was the brittle batting that stuffed England, but this should not take anything away from the brilliant bowling by Australia who maintained constant pressure.
The Aussie bowlers were superbly led by Cummins who did not let the captaincy affect his bowling on his way to taking 21 wickets for the series.
But star of the show was undoubtedly the unheralded Scott Boland who took an amazing 6-7 on his debut at the MCG and ended the series with 18 wickets and the extraordinary average of 9.55. With Mitchell Starc chiming in with 19 wickets and off-spinner Nathan Lyon picking up another 18, Cummins had a wonderfully balanced attack to call upon.
Lyon's success once again highlighted the fact that England, with all due respect to Jack Leach, are sadly lacking a top-class spinner capable of match-winning spells.
The Aussies also had a wealth of talent in the batting department with Travis Head leading the way with 337 runs, Marnus Labuschagne also put on some brilliant displays as did Usman Khawaja, while David Warner was the most effective opener.
The only England player to make Wisden's Combined XI at the end of the series was Jonny Bairstow who scored a century and battled away despite suffering injuries.
Unfortunately for England, injury-hit Ben Stokes never really got going. Despite England's disastrous series, it is unlikely there will be a mass clearout of players for the simple reason that in most cases there are no obvious candidates to replace them.
This partly comes down to the current County Cricket format and the emphasis on white ball cricket in which England have been admittedly quite successful.
You have to feel a bit for England captain Joe Root.
Nearly every time he goes into bat, England are already in deep trouble. He is still England's most reliable batsman and despite tactical errors, he will probably remain as skipper.
At least Root has expressed a desire to do the job. The body language of some of his England teammates looked like they would rather be somewhere else.