Reliving Mitchell Johnson's Ashes 2013/14 

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Terrifying!

First Test, Gabba.

He started off pretty inconsistently, leaking runs and not posing a real threat to the batsman. This encouraged the English fans to sing, "He bowls to the left, he bowls to the right..."

After changing ends in his second spell, he found the rhythm. He finished with 4-61 and 5-42 in both the innings. Johnson had found the right amount of bounce on the fresh-looking, hard Gabba track. He displayed 6-7 overs of serious short-pitched bowling.

He removed a well set Michael Carberry with a back-of-a-length delivery, that straightened a bit and found his outside edge. That was his first of many wickets in the series. His bouncers made it awkward for England's Mr. Dependable, Jonathan Trott. In fact, he was so tormented by such professional bowling that he chose to fly back home and remain out of the series. He was the architect of a middle-order collapse suffered by England.

Australians responded in excellent fashion in their reply to England's 136 by posting a mammoth total of 401-7. Johnson humiliated their chase by restricting them to 179, claiming five-fer. He sent Trott and Kevin Pietersen back to the dressing room with dangerous bouncers.

With 9 wickets and 103 runs in the test match, Mitchell Johnson silenced the Barmy Army and announced himself.