Yeah the thing I like about Johnson's bowling at the moment is that it's the sustainable type of Johnson good; the sort of bowling he produced when he was actually a consistently good contributor to the attack for a year or two. It's not the near-mythical "match-winning" Johnson who bends the ball back in to right handers in the air, or the wild Johnson who is only effective on the Perth wicket. He's just bowling fast, hostile stuff with reasonable control and occasionally getting some of that natural Kasprowicz-like undercutting tail away from the RHB; that's what he's good at.
Yeah. Reminds me of getting up and wondering what might be the worst case scenario and regularly hearing how our brave lads have gone beyond it. Turning on TMS to hear commentary about Carberry facing had me briefly thinking how well he'd done to still be batting. Then I realised it was the first over of our innings. 130ao at Brisbane was similar. I knew our batting is dire, but you kind of think they'd reach 200 on a blameless pitch. All very depressing.
You ****s do call it The Ash's.
Good from you.You ****s do call it The Ash's.
Probs a massive overreaction, but I'm wondering if this is the series where Broad takes over from Jimmy as our premier bowler. Stu hasn't just looked a lot more penetrative this series, he's also taken the wickets. The difference between Jimmy of this series and Jimmy of three years ago is just a matter of a bit of nip - not sure his control is any worse, but when he isn't extracting swing he needs that nip to be a wicket taking threat. But then he's only 31 so I'm probs overreacting.
