Mitchell Johnson
Bio:Full Name: Mitchell Guy Johnson
Nickname: Midge
Birth Date: 2 November 1981
Birth Place: Townsville
Height: 189cm
Weight: 94kg
Club: Norths
Mitchell Guy Johnson (born 2 November 1981 in Townsville, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer. He is a left-arm fast-medium bowler and has enjoyed occasional success with the bat in the early stages of his international career, as well as taking over 70 wickets in his first 17 Tests. When attending a fast-bowling clinic in Brisbane at age 17, former Test fast-bowler Dennis Lillee identified him as a \"once-in-a-lifetime prospect\". Lillee contacted former team mate Rod Marsh and arranged for Johnson to join the Australian Cricket Academy in Adelaide. Johnson subsequently played for the Australian Under-19 side that toured England in 1999 however recurrent back injuries hampered his prospects. He recovered to start his first-class career two years later, when he was selected to play state cricket for his native Queensland. In September 2005, he was in the Australia A cricket team that toured Pakistan. In December 2005, Johnson was selected for the Australian One Day International team, making his debut against New Zealand in Christchurch, with chairman of selectors Trevor Hohns justifying the selection on the grounds of grooming players for the future. Johnson gave the first signs of his potential at international level against the strong Indian batting line-up in a one-day international at Malaysia, Johnson's 7th. He took 4-11 off just 4 overs, including the wickets of Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh. On 10 November 2007 while making his Australian Test match debut against Sri Lanka at his home ground in Brisbane, Johnson took his first wicket, that of Thilan Samaraweera, caught by Adam Gilchrist. Johnson went on to take 4/96. On 19 January 2008, Johnson scored his first ever Test half-century, against India, despite being both dropped and bowled off a no ball.
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