Following his recent remarks against seasoned opener David Warner, former Australian bowler Mitchell Johnson caused a stir in the cricket world. Following his involvement in the 2018 ball-tampering incident, Johnson recently came up to question why the opener is being given a hero’s sendoff from Test cricket.
Mitchell Johnson also expressed his disapproval of Warner’s performance in the longest format and stated that he should not have established a deadline for his test retirement. Warner silenced his detractors, though, with his incredible 164-run performance against Pakistan in the opening Test inning.
Upon witnessing his criticism, Johnson was unimpressed once more and maintained that his assessment of Warner regarding the younger players’ eligibility for the squad in the longest format remained valid.
“I believe my viewpoint expressed in this column a few weeks ago is still relevant. Except for his double century last summer, he hadn’t scored runs in around three years. Another argument made in the West Australian was that Australia was expected to defeat Pakistan and the West Indies handily this summer, making it the ideal opportunity to consider bringing in some fresh players to bolster an aging squad. Mitchell Johnson wrote this.
In certain ways, hardly a huge surprise: Mitchell Johnson.
The seasoned batsman, in his opinion, plays his best cricket at home and excels under duress. He added that Warner’s knock against Pakistan was not a huge surprise.
On the opening day of the Australian Test summer, David Warner scored a century, which wasn’t entirely unexpected. Warner’s form received a lot of media attention, and Johnson observed that he typically reserves his best performance for home ground and appears to be most driven in tight situations.
Warner had a lucky start on the first day, and although things could have gone any way, he rode his luck early and finished with 164. Before Saturday’s duck in the second inning, he performed the tasks for which he was paid to perform in the first. Although Warner has denied caring about criticism of his form, he is undoubtedly motivated by it, as evidenced by his first-inning performance.
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