Mitchell Johnson was delighted to carry out his “job” and fire Australia to victory over India in the second Test in Brisbane.
The left-arm quick bulldozed India’s middle-order on Saturday morning – taking 3-10 in 11 balls – before finishing with figures of 4-61 as Australia dismissed the tourists for 224.
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Steven Smith heaped praise on Mitchell Johnson after the left-hander’s brutal 88 helped Australia secure a first-innings lead over India in the second Test.
“I said before the Test match that I wanted to lead from the front with my performances, so hopefully I’ve done that.”
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Nathan Lyon believes Australia’s bowlers will fostered by the fact Virat Kohli shrugged off a hit to the helmet in Adelaide.
India batsman Kohli was hit by a Mitchell Johnson bouncer on day three of the initial Test, two weeks after Phillip Hughes got a fateful blow in a Sheffield Shield match.
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Mitchell Johnson’s ICC Cricketer of the Year accolade is just reward for turning his career around, says Dominic Cork.
Australian left-arm quick Johnson, who was also named Test Cricketer of the Year, pipped Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara and Angelo Mathews as well as South Africa’s AB de Villiers to scoop the gong for a second time, having first won it in 2009.
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Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has won the prestigious ICC Cricketer of the Year award.
There was plenty for England to celebrate in the awards though. England’s Gary Ballance was named the Emerging Cricketer of the Year, Sarah Taylor the Women’s ODI Player of the Year and Katherine Brunt won the ICC Spirit of Cricket award.
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Australian trainer Darren Lehmann supported Mitchell Johnson will play in the approaching Tests and one-day series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.
Johnson was removed in the Twenty20 Champions League having a rib injury, but left together with the national squad for the UAE on Sunday.
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Mitchell Johnson is fighting to beat a rib injury and WOn’t be released to compete in a Twenty20 tournament in India.
Cricket Australia says the quick bowler will continue to work with medical staff before being given the thumbs up to go back to activity.
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Mitchell Johnson’s coming in the Champions League Twenty20 continues to be delayed due to a rib problem.
The Australia fast bowler is expected to turn out for Kings XI Punjab in the tournament in India after they qualified for the very first time by finishing second in the Indian Premier League.
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West Indies reached 246-3 to the launching day of the 2nd Test after being sent into bat by Bangladesh in St Lucia.
Kraigg Brathwaite (63) and Test debutant Leon Johnson (66) batted deep to the day session in gaining an opening stand of 143.
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