http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MG-Johnson-c1945 hungry for Test return – Cricket news
Mitchell Johnson, the Australian fast bowler, is keen to make a return to the Test team and claims that he has learnt from his past mistakes.
The 31-year-old cricketer made his way to the highest level of the sport in 2005 and since then he has been in and out of the Australian side in all three formats of the game. After the retirement of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brett-Lee-c48419, it was widely
expected that Johnson would take over the role of Kangaroos’ spearhead in the bowling department.
However, the cricketer from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Queensland-c834 has been way too inconsistent at the international level, although he is still considered to be one of the most naturally gifted pacers in the country.
Australia’s young and promising fast bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653 has been ruled out of the remainder of the on-going Ashes series due to a back injury and Johnson is hopeful about a recall to the Test team. Johnson did not enjoy a good time in the previous Test
series in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in 2009 but the left-armer believes that he is a changed cricketer now.
Johnson expressed, "I did learn a lot from that last tour over there. For me now, there is really no fear going over there because I've experienced it all. That was the toughest it's been for me on the cricket field and off, so I've been able to experience
that and learn from it.”
The fast bowler has so far represented http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in 51 Tests, 124 One Day Internationals and 28 T20 Internationals, having picked up more than four hundred scalps at the ultimate stage of the sport. Apart from being a brilliant fast bowler on his day, Johnson
is more than handy with the bat, having already scored nine half-centuries and a ton in international cricket.
Johnson feels that he still has some cricket left in him.
"I still do have that burning desire to be part of an Ashes winning side,” he added. "Another thing is not trying to bowl flat-stick every ball.”
Australia have lost the first two Tests of the Ashes series, with the third scheduled to begin from August 1, 2013.
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