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Anxious Aussies left crying in their Beer
A match after being dropped for poor form, Mitchell Johnson is back without having played a game. It smacked of panic rather than planning, of desperation as opposed to the informed guesswork that usuallygoverns team selection.
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Stan Hey: 6-5 against
Instead, another unknown left-arm spinner Michael Beer has been brought in, and the errant quickie Mitchell Johnson is recalled. The Aussies look sure to fight back, but who can help? Shane Warne's comeback was always unlikely… -
Australia in panic mode as they take a punt on untested Beer
Beer, a left-arm spinner who was playing club cricket last season, the recall of Philip Hughes as opening batsman despite failing to pass fifty in seven innings this season in the Sheffield Shield and the swift re-emergence… -
Australia ring changes for third Test
Australia, beaten by an innings and 71 runs in Adelaide and therefore 1-0 down with three matches to play, have also recalled fast bowler Mitchell Johnson and called up spinners Steve Smith and Michael Beer. -
Larrikin turned leader Ponting faces defining test
But it is more probable – though not much more – that the Australian selectors will turn in desperation to Mitchell Johnson, the maddeningly contrary fast bowler, who lurches from the sublime to the ridiculous in less time… -
Ponting calls for Hughes as Waugh hits out at selectors
After allowing England to escape with a draw in Brisbane, as the visitors reached 517 for 1 declared in their second innings, Australia dropped Mitchell Johnson and Ben Hilfenhaus, replacing them with Doug -
'We've been so far outplayed in these three days it hurts'
With Mitchell Johnson and Ben Hilfenhaus replaced by Ryan Harris and Doug Bollinger in Adelaide, the main concern for Watson and the Australians was still their inability to take wickets. "It hurts in general, whether it's in… -
Doherty has put Antipodean selectors in a spin
None of them carried as much baggage into the match as Mitchell Johnson would have. All three speedsters bowled their hearts out. Ricky Ponting was able to throw them the ball confident that they would try to execute his plans. -
James Lawton: Buoyant Swann back on song to win round two of his duel…
While Australia threw in new men Harris and Doug Bollinger after the insipid performances of Mitchell Johnson and Ben Hilfenhaus in the first Test, England were content that Anderson, Stuart Broad and the raw but dangerous… -
England take command in the Second Test
Hilfenhaus and Mitchell Johnson, while England were unchanged. At the Gabba on Monday, England were 517 for one. At the Adelaide Oval on Friday, Australia were two for three after 13 deliveries. Remarkable cricket, and though…
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James Lawton: Ponting staggered by golden duck but never count out a…
Ponting, it seems clear, fought hard against the dropping of the crisis-ridden fast bowler Mitchell Johnson but, unlike so many times in the past, his argument was heard but not accepted. He was candid enough when asked if… -
Strauss forced to tidy up latest twitter rant from Pietersen
The kerfuffle deflected attention from Australia's dramatic decision to drop Mitchell Johnson from the second Test. Johnson, World Cricketer of the Year a year ago, had a dreadful game in Brisbane and he was probably omitted… -
Ashes Diary: Pommie-basher-in-chief turns on 'shambolic' home attack
Growing hair on his upper lip didn't appear to help Mitchell Johnson in the first Test, so Doug Bollinger is the logical choice to replace him. "I believe their bowlers bowl tighter than our blokes and we don't have the… -
Lunch Report: Anderson's early success has England in raptures
After much speculation in Australia, Mitchell Johnson and Ben Hilfenhaus were both dropped from an under-performing bowling attack, though the accurate plugger Hilfenhaus could consider himself unfortunate. -
Under fire Mitchell Johnson dropped by Australia
Mitchell has been a very good performer for Australia over a number of years, and has been spearheading their attack - so it's quite a big call for them to leave him out," said Strauss. At the suggestion England might have…
