ADELAIDE, Australia, Dec 21, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Australia retained the Ashes with an 82-run victory against England in the third Test in Adelaide on Sunday for an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

AFP Sport picks out some of the best reaction:

"It feels pretty awesome. It wasn't easy today, but we got it done. It's an excited changing room."

-- Australia captain Pat Cummins.

"They made us work for it. A bit of a flat wicket and they played pretty well but another Ashes win and it's been a great atmosphere all week, all series."

-- Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc

"Everyone is hurting and quite emotional about it. It hurts, it sucks, but we ain't going to stop."

-- England captain Ben Stokes

"We know England are such a good cricket team and we're going to be challenged right to the end today it was a real grind."

-- Australia's player of the match Alex Carey

"Having the immediate family here to look up at the heavens and score a hundred was something special."

-- Carey, whose father died in September

"I think the boys were excellent today. They showed some great application. They bounced off each other and tried to take the game as deep as they could. We didn't get there, but I thought it was a fine achievement."

-- England head coach Brendon McCullum

"A moment Scott Boland will never forget. He goes down in history as the man who took the wicket to win the Ashes. That is a special moment for any player and any team."

-- Former England captain Alastair Cook commentating on TV as the final wicket fell

"It has been a thoroughly professional. Australia have out-thought England in many situations. You have got to take your hat off."

-- Former England spinner Phil Tufnell