1. Record Breakers
For stats-obsessed geeks like me, no run-laden draw is ever dull. There's always records to enjoy. Today was a corker with seemingly every run bringing some new landmark. Here's a few of my favourites: England's highest ever total at the Gabba; highest ever individual score at the Gabba (Cook going past some chap called Bradman); highest England partnership in Australia; highest Test partnership at the Gabba (breaking a record that had stood for very nearly two days); deepest leg-stump guard dug on an Australian Test ground; the sixth time a side had gone past 500 for the loss of just one wicket; the highest ever score made in a completed innings with just one wicket down.

2. Daddy Cook
But surely the best stat is this one: Alastair Cook, with 302 runs, has already scored more than he made in the 2009 Ashes series. It's a remarkable turnaround for a batsman whose seemingly bullet-proof position in the England side has been the source of much chuntering in the last 18 months. His first-innings efforts were worthy but he has taken himself to a new level with the highest score by an England batsman since Graham Gooch's 333 against India in 1990. Cook may have abandoned Gooch's technique, but has clearly taken on board his mentor's desire for England batsman to turn hundreds into 'Daddies'.

3. Harm's Way
Mitchell Johnson's woeful Test match - no runs, no wickets, no catches, no point - hit a new low on the final day when, bowling round the wicket to Jonathan Trott, he unleashed a ball that would have gone to second leg-slip. Beat that, Harmy!

4. Toss Up
Moving things forward to Adelaide on Friday, and as is so often the case the toss of the coin is going to be absolutely vital. Perhaps not in terms of the result - if it's anything like a normal Adelaide pitch these two teams could play for five weeks without completing the first innings - but in terms of who takes the precious momentum (sorry) and less knackered bowling attack to the result decks of Perth, Melbourne and Sydney.

5. Selection Knocks
The Australian selectors who were patting themselves on the back for picking Siddle and Doherty and backing Hussey suddenly have some decisions to make. The announcement that the Brisbane XI plus Doug Bollinger and Ryan Harris are in the frame for Adelaide means they've already overlooked the most aggressive option, namely handing a debut to leg-spinning all-rounder Steven Smith. They've got a problem now: they would dearly love to get the Rug into the side, but who does he replace? If it's Mitchell Johnson, then Australia will have four number 11s in a team that looks, well, English.

Dave Tickner