Mitchell Johnson says that his bowling is suited to Indian pitches - ICC World Cup 2011
Australian fast bowler, Mitchell Johnson has said that his bowling is suited to the Indian pitches. The Cricket World Cup has entered an important phase and we are now seeing some interesting Matches being played among the top teams of the World cup. Australia is one team which started their world cup on a slow note and struggled to beat http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 in the first Match of the tournament.
But the Aussies made a strong comeback into the World cup and beat New Zealand by a convincing margin in their second Match. The pitches would play a pivotal role during the mega event and any bowler who could easily adjust himself according to the Indian conditions would definitely be potent during the tournament.
Mitchell Johnson played a pivotal role in Australia’s victory and took 4 wickets in his bowling spell. Johnson, was quite delighted with his bowling performance and said “It was an important game for us. I am happy with the way I bowled. I have bowled first change for a while and I guess that’s my role. If I get a chance to open the bowling, I’ll put my hand up, but we have a fine attack with Brett Lee and Shaun Tait at the top. I am enjoying this role”.
Johnson was quite impressive in his bowling spell and also dismissed the hard hitters like J Ryder and James Franklin in his bowling spell. His 4 wicket haul helped the Aussies in dismissing New Zealand for 206 in their innings. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 has been using Johnson as a first change for quite some time and he has a great capacity of bowling in all the right areas to the opposition batsmen.
Johnson is the third bowling option for Australia and along with Shaun Tait and Brett Lee brings a lot of variety in the Australian team. The Subcontinent pitches are not considered ideal for the fast bowlers and bowlers generally find it difficult to dismiss the in-form batsmen in their spells.
Johnson has picked 8 wickets in two Matches and he is also considered as the best fast bowler in the Indian subcontinent. Johnson further said that “The pitches suit the bang-the-wicket kind of bowling that I like, the change ups that I use. I just really enjoy the challenges over here”.
Johnson has an effective bowling style and he generally hits the deck and gets a lot of swing from the wicket during his spell. Johnson said that he bowled the off stump line against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. The Australian bowling was quite terrific against New Zealand and their top three bowlers picked 8 wickets in total. Shaun Tait took 3 Kiwi wickets in his spell and Brett Lee also bowled with a good economy rate against the Black Caps.
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