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Mitchell Johnson Did It For Australia - zacaroni - 01-07-2014
Mitchell Johnson was the man mainly responsible for Aus regaining the Ashes. He was the difference between the teams. without him the series would have been much closer and England might even have avoided a loss.
Quote:Johnson charged in hard the entire series, sometimes reaching speeds of over 95 mph, pinning bruised batsmen firmly on the backfoot. Siddle, Harris and Nathan Lyon sailed along in his slipstream, racking up impressive performances of their own. For sustained and extreme fast bowling over an extended period, I daresay Johnsons effort has not been surpassed. Nostalgia will impel some to recall Tyson, Lillee, Thomson or Holding, but Johnson never once relaxed his pace or his spiteful intent during the five games, and many who witnessed Lillee and Thomson in 1974/75 and 1975/76 agree that Johnson should not be placed behind the two pace-bowling legends.
Johnson Did It For Australia
Re: Mitchell Johnson Did It For Australia - chairman - 01-07-2014
it was pace with fiah
Re: Mitchell Johnson Did It For Australia - Kyle - 01-08-2014
Man, no one rated Mitch before the series. As in everyone was pretty much expecting him to bowl trite. And justifiable fear - how often has he bowled utter utter rubbish after bowling top spells?
But this is a whole new Mitch - I have seen him bowl brilliantly - but beating batsman through sheer pace, is such delight to watch. It was almost always pace rather than line and length bowling.
Totally fierce. And love the Lillee-esque mouche as well
Re: Mitchell Johnson Did It For Australia - chairman - 01-09-2014
the man was brutal . he had england batsmen running to square leg
Re: Mitchell Johnson Did It For Australia - Calypso - 01-09-2014
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Man, no one rated Mitch before the series. As in everyone was pretty much expecting him to bowl trite. And justifiable fear - how often has he bowled utter utter rubbish after bowling top spells?
But this is a whole new Mitch - I have seen him bowl brilliantly - but beating batsman through sheer pace, is such delight to watch. It was almost always pace rather than line and length bowling.
Totally fierce. And love the Lillee-esque mouche as well
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..... and he probably wouldn't have been selected if the likes of Pattinson, Bird et al were available !!!
It was pace like fyah !!!!
Think he grew the tache for Movember ..... and seems he is keeping it !!!