Batsman Joe Burns is a surprise addition to Australia’s squad for next week’s Third Test which starts on Boxing Day in Melbourne.
The 25-year-old Queensland right-hander was named as a replacement for injured Mitchell Marsh with in-form Australia already holding a 2-0 lead in the series.
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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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Australia will unleash a new-look fast bowling attack with debutant Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc named to take on India in the second Test in Brisbane.
They replace Ryan Harris, who is suffering a quad strain, and Peter Siddle, who is omitted from the team that won the opening Test by 48 runs in Adelaide on Saturday.
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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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Worcestershire captain Daryl Mitchell has signed a fresh four-year contract together with the county.
The 30-year old scored 1,334 runs last season at the top of the sequence to head his side back to Division One of the LV= County Championship, while he was also their leading scorer in Twenty20 cricket.
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Australia have called up Xavier Doherty for their one-day international series against Pakistan in the UAE.
The slow left-arm bowler has been summoned to the Middle East after Mitchell Marsh was ruled out with a hamstring injury.
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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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Left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh have been included in Australia’s Test squad for the upcoming series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.
The uncapped duo have been named in a 15-man party that also includes all-rounder Glenn Maxwell and recalled batsman Phil Hughes.
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