Mitchell Johnson - Finished?

[funk44]

another lazy 7, clearly past it

 

[iluvparis]

43 wickets at around 13 since the start of the Ashes - this is EASILY the greatest sporting turn around from an individual I can remember.

 

[Forward Press]

another lazy 7, clearly past it

And it's not at home against Bangladesh - this is on the Proteas' home turf, and included a fair number of top order scalps. F***ing hell.

 

[Shupe]

This is probably the worst thread on BigFooty. OP is a flog.

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

This is probably the worst thread on BigFooty. OP is a flog.

Aaaaaand we've come full circle.

/thread

 

[Shupe]

I've tried to get this thread closed a couple of times .

I guess one day I will be able to bump it when he retires GOAT and still be right

 

[QS]

lol. good thread, would read again.
we all make mistakes, give the OP a break

 

[blackcat]

in the OP's defense, he is not making many runs

 

[Shupe]

In the OP's defence, 99% of posters agreed.

 

[Natho]

Thought he may have found it more difficult bowling to the South Africans.. but he takes a lazy 7 and scored a very handy 30 odd.

 

[bird_man]

If I was to pick a world 11 to play tomorrow he would be my first picked. Well done to the man, I for one had written him off and if it were not for a few injuries to some other bowlers we may never had seen him play test cricket again. A great story!

 

[Watson_my_mind]

If I was to pick a world 11 to play tomorrow he would be my first picked. Well done to the man, I for one had written him off and if it were not for a few injuries to some other bowlers we may never had seen him play test cricket again. A great story!

What is your test world Xi?

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[Gysberts2Bate]

What is your test world Xi?

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This isn't really the place but mine would be:

Smith
Dhawan/Warner
Sangakkara
Amla
Clarke
de Villiers+
Watson
Jadeja
Johnson
Harris/Philander
Steyn

Notable omissions: Ross Taylor, Ashwin, Pujara, Jayawardene, Haddin (home flat track bully), Broad, Ajmal

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

What a turn around in 6tests his gone from laughing stock of world cricket to the best bowler in the world

 

[Andronicus]

It seems that not only is he bowling better, but the batsmen are suddenly fearing him and doubting themselves more than they ever would have. It seems to have somehow given our top order some added confidence too.

 

[QS]

This thread is like the Garry Lyon broken leg video isn't it.

 

[Doodlesweaver]

He can't keep this up, but it's the most amazing ride for Aus fans.

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

He can't keep this up, but it's the most amazing ride for Aus fans.

If he can get through the rest of this series and manage to sustain this form until the world cup next year, Australia are at a huge advantage as we've seen in these last six test matches in every game until then - the World T20, the India/Pakistan test series and the World Cup itself. It's a double-edged sword - one off day from him where he's not up to his best with the ball and suddenly we pay for bad batting performances like those during the Ashes/we came close to in the first innings here, when the opposition get a 200 run lead on us. If we can manage to fix all of those cracks while he's on this high though, the #1 test ranking is a real possibility by the year's end. As I said earlier in this thread I'll back him to pick up a couple of man of the tournament awards in the World T20, World Cup and even IPL, as well as clinch the ICC best player award too. Will be interesting to see how his batting goes. Fielding has been sublime too.

 

[The_Reaper]

It seems that not only is he bowling better, but the batsmen are suddenly fearing him and doubting themselves more than they ever would have. It seems to have somehow given our top order some added confidence too.

After facing him in the nets everything seems easy.

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

It seems to have somehow given our top order some added confidence too.

Because they know that if they get dismissed for 250 in their first innings Johnson's bowling performance in the other team's first dig will make it as good as 400

 

[blackcat]

well, it might be the mo that looks like it is out of central casting from Blue Oyster Bar or the Village People

 

[spookism]

Out of the last 120 Test wickets for Australia, Johnson has been involved in 54 of them. (49 wickets, 4 catches, 1 run -out)

 

[Bucking Beads]

It makes it better that the pitches he is doing this on aren't minefields at all.

 

[BarneyBent]

This isn't really the place but mine would be:

Smith
Dhawan/Warner
Sangakkara
Amla
Clarke
de Villiers+
Watson
Jadeja
Johnson
Harris/Philander
Steyn

Notable omissions: Ross Taylor, Ashwin, Pujara, Jayawardene, Haddin (home flat track bully), Broad, Ajmal

Look, I'm as excited about Stevie Smith's form as anyone, but I'm not sure I'd have him opening.

 

[Andronicus]

Out of the last 120 Test wickets for Australia, Johnson has been involved in 54 of them. (49 wickets, 4 catches, 1 run -out)

Less than half then huh?

Time to drop him.