Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk surveyed the “mess” their season had become and called on all the players to start taking more responsibility, insisting they were letting down head coach Arne Slot.

Further celebrations are taking place on the official website and social media channels of the sci-fi programme.

The tourists are picking up the pieces after an eight-wicket thrashing in the Perth opener, the first two-day finish to an Ashes clash since 1921.