Midwinter-Midwinter points and other post-T3 reaction

Following the amazing conclusion to the Old Trafford Test, here are the progress points in the 2005 Midwinter-Midwinter, my answer to the Compton-Miller award to the best player of the Ashes series:

10: Shane Warne
7: Andrew Flintoff
6: Ashley Giles
5: Marcus Trescothick
4: Glenn McGrath, Kevin Pietersen
3: Michael Clarke, Brett Lee, Michael Vaughan, Simon Jones, Andrew Strauss, Ricky Ponting
2: Steve Harmison, Damien Martyn, Justin Langer, Ian Bell
1: Geraint Jones, Simon Katich, Michael Kasprowicz.
0: Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Jason Gillespie, Matthew Hoggard.

Best players in each Test to date were:
Lord's: Glenn McGrath (4)
Edgbaston: Andrew Flintoff (5)
Old Trafford: Shane Warne (4)

For an explanation of the naming and scoring of the Midwinter-Midwinter, see my announcement of August 7.

As for Tuesday morning's media reaction in the UK press and radio, Jagadish has put together a fairly comprehensive list of columnist links over at Cricket 24x7.