England's nightmare summer hit a new low at the MCG on Sunday and Prime Minister's XI captain Brett Lee has promised to help Australia ''totally wipe England away'' in Canberra next month.
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As England crashed to another Ashes loss and an embarrassing 4-0 series deficit, Lee, pictured, declared his intention to inflict more pain on the tourists in the PM's XI clash at Manuka Oval on January 14.
Once regarded as the fastest bowler in the world, Lee ''hates losing to the Poms'' and said England would get no favours in the invitational clash in the capital.
Australia will be aiming for an Ashes clean-sweep when the fifth Tests starts in Sydney on Friday.
''Three months ago Australia was getting walloped in England and we were rubbish,'' Lee said.
''All of a sudden England is 4-0 down. I know how much it would mean to Michael Clarke and the Australian team to totally wipe England away.
''We'll be out there to win in Canberra. It would be great if we could kick-start the one-dayers with a victory to the PM's XI.''
A mentally fragile England capitulated in the Boxing Day Test and slumped to a shocking eight-wicket defeat on Sunday.
Chris Rogers smashed his second Test century to guide Australia to victory, while Mitchell Johnson was man of the match for another brutal display of pace bowling and spinner Nathan Lyon claimed his 100th wicket.
The demoralising loss continued England's miserable tour and they have less than a week to recover for the last Test at the SCG.
After playing in Sydney, England's one-day international squad will play the PM's XI and then start its series against Australia.
England spinner Graeme Swann retired before the Boxing Day Test while James Anderson and Kevin Pietersen were left out of the limited-overs squad.
Selectors are still finalising the PM's XI as they juggle Big Bash Twenty20 commitments and players who will join the Australian one-day squad.
Former Canberra spinner Lyon, who took 5-50 in the second innings in Melbourne, is in contention to join Lee, while rising star Jake Doran may also come into consideration.
''The PM's XI is a really good development stage for the young guys coming through, so selectors may give young guys a go,'' Lee said. ''If Nathan is chosen, it would be fantastic to play alongside him. But the PM's XI can also launch careers, just like it did mine more than 10 years ago.''
Cricket ACT officials said the PM's XI day-night fixture was tracking to be a sellout, with two weeks left until the game.
Lee, who has retired from international cricket but still plays Twenty20, showed he can still hit top speeds with the ball last week, sending down a frightful over against English talk-show host and former newspaper editor Piers Morgan in the MCG nets.
New Zealand cricket great Sir Richard Hadlee called on the ICC to punish Lee for his bodyline bowling, which sent Morgan scrambling and left him bruised.
The stunt evolved after Morgan questioned the England batsmen's courage and Lee challenged him to pad up.
Lee, 37, still clocks speeds of more than 140 km/h.