The Compton–Miller Medal is an award for the player of the series in an individual Ashes series of cricket matches between Australia and England.

[1][2] The award was inaugurated in 2005 and is named for batsman Denis Compton of England and all-rounder Keith Miller of Australia.

According to David Collier, chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), "Denis Compton had the post-war status of a matinee idol – with a love of life and a love of living life to the full.

The new medal was announced just before the first Test in 2005 Ashes series, with Miller's widow Marie Challman, and Compton's son Richard representing the two men honoured in the award's title.

The two captains for the series, Michael Vaughan and Ricky Ponting, were also present.