5 Matches in which Mitchell Johnson breath fire - The Best bowling spells

5 Matches in which Mitchell Johnson breath fire – The Best bowling spells: The devastating speedster of Australia, Mitchell Johnson has announced his retirement from international cricket. The 34-year old left arm fast bowler has bagged 313 Test wickets, coupled with 239 ODI wickets. There was time when Johnson carried on the legacy set up by the Australian fast bowling spearheads in the likes of Brett Lee, Glen McGrath and others. In fact, Johnson with some of his devastating and damaging spells posed decent amount of threat to the opposition. Here is the list of his 5 Matches in which Mitchell Johnson breath fire – The Best bowling spells: 1. 7/40 v England, Adelaide, 2013: Johnson demolished the English batting line up in the second Test of the Ashes 2013 and claimed 7 wickets there. On the 3rd day, he ripped off the English side and made the Test look pretty much of a one-sided thereafter. Mitch claimed a total of 37 wickets in that particular series as Australia managed to whitewash England to regain their seize on the Ashes 5-0. 2. 8/61 v South Africa, Perth, 2008: This was an epic Test when South Africa chased down a mammoth total of 414 runs in the last innings. Johnson bowled one of the best spells with the old ball. On a WACA surface that had not-so-much offerings, Johnson literally troubled the opposition to a considerable extent. In a span of 20 deliveries, Johnson smacked 5/2 on the second day with a 70-over old ball. This spell reduced South Africa from 234/3 to 281 all out. Watch the video here 3. 6/38 v England, Perth, 2010: Mitchell Johnson came up with yet another spellbinding and inspired performance in the 3rd Test of 2010 Ashes and it was a big highlight. His dramatic spell of 4/7 against the English batsmen at WACA triggered a drastic collapse and the Englishmen were reduced from 78/0 to 95/5 and this gave Australia an edge over the England in the Test. Also, he smacked up two wickets of the tail as the last three wickets of the visitors fell for just a single run. This happens to be one of the most threatening spells from the speedster. 4. 6/31 v Sri Lanka, Pallekele, 2011: Bowling on the sub-continental soils is never easy for any fast bowler. One has to get accustomed to the dry and dead surfaces with little much help from the pitch. Johnson bowled brilliantly in the ODI against Sri Lanka to help the Aussies with a glamorous victory. Johnson dismissed all the big names in the Sri Lanakan likeup including Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara and quite much forced them into submission. 5. 7/68 and 5/59 v South Africa, Centurion, 2014: Mitchell Johnson. (© ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images) Following Johnson’s demolishing spells against England in Australia, the Aussies headed to South Africa to play the Proteas. And yet again, Johnson carried on with his glamorous run. With 7 wickets in the first innings, he followed it up with a 5-wicket haul in the second, Johnson aided the Aussies for a 281-run victory over the South Africans. Also, Johnson’s incredible performances helped the Aussies to snatch a 2-1 victory in the series.