How can Australia win the Ashes 2009 after such a crushing defeat? Two words: Mitchell Johnson. Johnson is by far the best bowler in Australia and a more potent all rounder than Andrew Flintoff. In his last Test series (in South Africa) he had hauls of: 4/25, 4/112, 3/37, 1/78 and 4/148. He scored: 96*, 1, 0, 35, 123*. He bowled like a million dollars last winter, he is struggling to find 50 quid this summer. Whatever Australia need to do to get Johnson back to his best they must do it.
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Very true, Rob. Having seen him bat live for the first time over the last few days it's clear that his batting is as it appears on TV - almost impossibly classy. If he can tighten the nuts and bolts of his technique a bit he'll get tons of runs for Australia, but what they need him to do most now is bowl well.
There are no magic answers (I hope) - least of all a trip to Northampton.
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