the whole mystique of the ashes is the concept of the ultimate competition. well, as the two teams shook sanitised hands, the gulf between them had never seemed so wide. joe wilson, bbc news. that s it. we re back with the late news at six o clock. now on bbc one it s time for the news where you are. goodbye. good afternoon. it s 1.15pm and here s your latest sports news. england captainjoe root has called their ashes defeat gut wrenching as they lost the third test in melbourne to australia, who take an unassaialable 3 0 in the five test series. 2 0 down, any hopes of a revival rested withjoe root and ben stokes who resumed this