England lost two early wickets with defeat looming at tea on day four of the fifth Test on Sunday after Australia declared holding a massive lead.
Alastair Cook completed 12,000 runs in the format during the fifth Ashes Test at Sydney Cricket Ground. Cook became only the sixth batsmen to achieve this feat.
Tom Curran ran in as if he is on a high dosage of glucose all the time, but his variation did England little to no good.
Australia took the lead over England as Usman Khawaja closed in on his highest Test score in the final Ashes Test in Sydney on Saturday.
English leg-spinner Mason Crane was encouraged by his first bowling stint in Test cricket in Sydney on Friday and hoping for a better return than legendary Shane Warne's unflattering Test debut.
At the close, Smith was on 44 with Khawaja reaching his highest score of the series on 91 in Australia's 193 for two in reply to England's 346 first innings.
Steven Smith completed 6,000 runs in the format during the fifth Ashes Test.
David Warner scored his 27th fifty in the format to steady Australia in the second session of Day Two of the fifth Ashes Test.
Australia lost Cameron Bancroft before lunch. Stuart Broad bowled an absolute peach of a delivery in the second over to dismantle his defence.
England 346 (Joe Root 83, Dawid Malan 62; Mitchell Starc 2 for 47, Pat Cummins 4 for 80, Josh Hazlewood 2 for 65) lead Australia 479 for 4 (Usman Khawaja 171, Steven Smith 83. Shaun Marsh 98*; James Anderson 1 for 52) by 133 runs.