Mitchell Johnson

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Mitchell Guy Johnson (born 2 November 1981) is an Australian former cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-handed fast bowler. He has been awarded the International Cricket Council's Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy twice (2009 and 2014). He famously took part in the Australian Test squad during the 2013–14 Ashes series. His country won the series 5–0. Johnson also won the player of the series award for taking 37 wickets[2] in a dominant showing against the English batsmen. During his Test career, he played 73 matches and took 313 wickets from 16,001 balls bowled. He retired from all forms of cricket in 2018.

Mitchell Johnson
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Johnson in January 2014
Personal information
Full nameMitchell Guy Johnson
Born (1981-11-02) 2 November 1981 (age 42)
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
NicknameMidge, Notch, The Bull
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 398)8 November 2007 v Sri Lanka
Last Test17 November 2015 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 156)10 December 2005 v New Zealand
Last ODI29 March 2015 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.25
T20I debut (cap 24)12 September 2007 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I31 August 2013 v England
T20I shirt no.25
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2001–2008Queensland
2008–2015Western Australia (squad no. 25)
2012–2013Mumbai Indians (squad no. 25)
2014–2016Kings XI Punjab (squad no. 25)
2016Perth Scorchers (squad no. 25)
2017Mumbai Indians (squad no. 25)
2018Karachi Kings (squad no. 25)
2018Kolkata Knight Riders (squad no. 25)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 73 153 117 184
Runs scored 2,065 951 3,180 1,115
Batting average 22.20 16.11 22.87 16.15
100s/50s 1/11 0/2 2/15 0/2
Top score 123* 73* 123* 73*
Balls bowled 16,001 7,489 23,765 9,227
Wickets 313 239 465 284
Bowling average 28.40 25.26 28.71 26.01
5 wickets in innings 12 3 17 4
10 wickets in match 3 0 4 0
Best bowling 8/61 6/31 8/61 6/31
Catches/stumpings 27/– 35/– 39/– 39/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 November 2015

Johnson was born in Townsville, Queensland. Although he bats and bowls left-handed, Johnson writes with his right hand. In 2016, he published his autobiography Resilient.

Mitchell Johnson Media

References

  1. "Mitchell Johnson". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  2. "Every Mitchell Johnson wicket from the 2013-14 Ashes". YouTube.

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