West Indies Collapse?..?

Question

How good was Mitchell Johnson last night?....

Mitchell came in and demolised the West Indies late in the day...

He took a teriffic 4-41.from only 11.5 overs....Whooo!!

The West Indies collapsed from a position of power at 4-167 at tea to be all out for 216!!! 'ONLY' 80 minutes later, handing Australia a handy first innings lead of 35 runs.

Johnson, after a disappointing series so far, was the chief destroyer, taking the key breakthrough of Dwayne Bravo for 29- In his first over after tea before adding the lower order scalps of Denesh Ramdin for 1-, Sulieman Benn for 3- And Fidel Edwards for just 1 also.....

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I only said the other day have faith in Johnson-He's got talent,and he showed it when we needed it too....

Brett Lee also claimed 3-64,he got the openers-

Gayle for 14

Chattergoon for 6 And

Powell for 9....

Other wicket takers were-S.Clarke-1,A.Symonds with 1 and M.Clarke with 1 also...

Answer 1

they cant bat

Answer 2

As DJ Lillee said: "once in a lifetime  prospect ...".  In my opinion it was hard to see that he could remain out of form for too much longer.

Onya Mitch!!

Answer 3

Great to hear this, it looked as tho the aussies might fold at one time. Good for Johnson and Lee.

Answer 4

I WAS pleased to hear that the Aussies had got the wheels back on. I hope it lasts.

Answer 5

Mitchell Johnson is a great player he just needs to be accurate but it looks like he's aced that, hearing from his performance last night. Well Done to him

This looks like a good match. Nicely balanced, though Australia are holding the psychological advantage. .

Answer 6

I must admit Ange im a tad worried about the game our batting lineup hasnt had a good tour thank christ for our bowlers

the fielding is a bit shaky aswell there was a few catches grounded this morning

if we are to win it will be of the bowlers backs

the only saving grace is there collapses are worse than ours

so on that evidence we should win JUST

Answer 7

Yeah Johnson did well..

A lot of people do have their doubts about him,but how can you doubt a player who comes out and gets 4/41...Great Bowling young fella...

Yeah i reckon the Aussies have this one...Windies only got 216 in the first innings,they are already a few runs behind and second innings just started...

I reckon we should just call Lee Mr Consistency,because that's what he is,so consistant  with his wickets..Go Aussies...

Answer 8

Oh Ange, that's great! I was not game to watch, I thought they were going down the gurgler.Johnson really came good at the right time.

Answer 9

not sure who will win but one thing is for certain there will be a winner

Answer 10

Well Johnson was the surprise package for me he is improving by the day which is good thing for Australia another good thing for Australia is that Michael Clarke is consistently taking wickets in Test Matches he is the best part time bowler in the world and will soon become an all rounder only thing that disappoint me was Casson he is not that good Australia need some genuine spinner

Answer 11

West Indies lost a golden opportunity to put Australia under pressure by their inept batting.  Australia were in total mess yesterday when 5 wickets fell in succession.  However Symonds and Haldin saved them from total collapse.  Today when West Indies were in control of the game till time time, Johnson who had an ordinary match till then, came out strongly after tea and gained the lead for Australia.  That is the reason why Australia is a strong team as they have players in their rank who can turn the game any time.

Answer 12

The only thing that can save the windies now is rain

Answer 13

well firstly, congrats to brett for proving again why he is the worlds best quick right now

secondly, as some of you would have relised, i been worried about Johnson so far on this tour, as i felt he hadnt yet adjusted and stepped up to perform as a test bowler, i also admit i thought he could be dropped, well, i now sit down for a slice of humble pie, Zoolander, you proved me wrong mate, well done, Ange told me i should have some faith in him, she was right, i should have.

but also well done to Chanderpaul, its seems that theres just no way to get him out at the moment, in a side that asnt batted as well as they could have, he has been a shining light, well done Shiv

Answer 14

It was really good to see Johnson back. In the start he gave like 9 or 10 runs per over but the way he came back was superrrrrrrrrrrr  He helped the team when they really needed it.

West Indies was looking good . But hands off to Johnson.

To be honest I had not expected that, he was really struggling but good to see that he didn't give up.

I hope that the Aussies bat well. Bowlers alone can't help the team win the match. I hate to see Brett lee scoring runs more than good batsman. I mean c'mon yaar Batsman should take some resposiblity

Now its the Batsman turn to make the fans Happy

Answer 15

In my views if the West Indians bats to their full potential they can win this one. They have a good team but no consistence. The Australians are a tough team to beat, however they are not playing as well as they did a year ago before they lost their main 3 players. West Indies can win this one but they have to bat with patience instead of too much fire power. Batting like my fellow Guyanese Chanders can obtain them a win. They can do it, they have the potential and all they have to do is use it.

Answer 16

yes its wonderful to see how good was Mitchell Johnson last night and he established himself in australian team after Mcgrath~