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Do you rate Mitchell Johnson?
- Thread starter Craig
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NUFAN
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Possibly the world's greatest left arm bowler..
He has actually been terrific today, well done Mitch!
Craig
World Traveller
Nah Wasim FTW
NUFAN
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Matt79
Hall of Fame Member
Haha, actually, I've been a bit of a Mitch basher in the past - I've never doubted that he has the potential, but haven't been pleased with some of the lines and thinking I've seen from him. Very nice to see him produce what its appeared to many he could one day do - at a perfect time for the team as well. I wanted to see him really produce against decent opposition in conditions that weren't tailor-made for him, before I'd rate him - he's done so, so now I guess I rate him! 
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Nah, he's **** and only gets wickets with bad balls.
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The main criticism of Johnson is that he only moves the ball away from right-handers so they don't have to play unless he goes over the stumps (and he rarely does). Which is fair enough, but he gets wickets anyway because batsmen don't seem to catch on. Plus he's a beast against lefties when he bowls like he did today.
Craig
World Traveller
Open the batting and get a hundred imo.
I never really rated Mitchell Johnson that much before today. He always seemed to be riding the wave Dennis Lillie started for him. I thought he should have gone back to domestic cricket a while ago to find some form.
However I still think a question remains as to being able to back it up. He's so hot and cold theres a chance he won't even look like getting another three for a ten for.
Intrestingly enough Brett Lee has no 10 for after 75 tests
However I seem to think RSA threw away their wickets a little
However I still think a question remains as to being able to back it up. He's so hot and cold theres a chance he won't even look like getting another three for a ten for.
Intrestingly enough Brett Lee has no 10 for after 75 tests
However I seem to think RSA threw away their wickets a little
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FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
I don't think anyone saw 7 wickets coming, but I think the criticisms of Johnson have been a bit much for a while now. People keep saying "all he does is bowl wide half-volleys and get lucky", but the reality is that at a certain point you have to accept that a bowler is just more difficult to play than they might appear on television. Even after the India tour where he was Australia's best front-line bowler you had Australian fans writing him off as lucky and saying things like "anyone who thinks Johnson bowled decently didn't watch the series".
Not every delivery has to swing in two feet and clean bowl a batsman to be worthy of a wicket, and for a fair while now Johnson has been taking wickets with the same sorts of deliveries. Pitched up at around driving length to a right-hander and angling across being the main one. It might not be that glamorous but it's been shown to be pretty effective. He's not as consistent as he could be and being that erratic means he's a long way from being a great bowler, but he's definitely been proven as a wicket taking bowler for mine.
McNamara's post comparing him to Ntini is a good one too, another somewhat deceptive bowler.
Not every delivery has to swing in two feet and clean bowl a batsman to be worthy of a wicket, and for a fair while now Johnson has been taking wickets with the same sorts of deliveries. Pitched up at around driving length to a right-hander and angling across being the main one. It might not be that glamorous but it's been shown to be pretty effective. He's not as consistent as he could be and being that erratic means he's a long way from being a great bowler, but he's definitely been proven as a wicket taking bowler for mine.
McNamara's post comparing him to Ntini is a good one too, another somewhat deceptive bowler.
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I don't think its so much that they are crap more so that top quality left hand bowlers who can swing the ball in can produce those unplayable in swinging yorkers to the right hand batsman.
It doesn't come up as much I beleive because most right hand bowlers swing the ball out to right hand batsmen which is into a left hander.
It doesn't come up as much I beleive because most right hand bowlers swing the ball out to right hand batsmen which is into a left hander.
Ikki
Hall of Fame Member
I'm not a Johnson lover or hater but I feel he has still much to prove. He's really only been successful (thus far) against two sides and only at home. Personally, I still think it's too soon to say he's in the green and that he is our future and we should persist with him.
The Ken Legends
Cricket Spectator
I never did rate him highly until the first innings he bowled against RSA in Perth which was sensational. Previously he was to short and wide,lets just he can continue to bowl that line and length.
The Ken Legends
Cricket Spectator
Dont you think there was some great bowling by johnson and some very good catches by Haddin.