Two days after his retirement from global cricket, the fearsome bowler from Australia revealed that among all the batsmen he bowled to, he found South Africa batsman de Villiers to be the toughest to dismiss in his 73-Test career. “He was always so hard to get out and a huge challenge”.
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He made his Test debut in November 2007. There were times when the 34-year-old left-arm fast bowler was mocked mercilessly by England’s most vocal travelling fans, notably when England won the 2010/11 Ashes on Australian soil.
Johnson retired from all forms of worldwide cricket on Tuesday, and said he is looking forward to rest and family life.
Johnson made England hop and leap within the 2013-14 Ashes collection is his personal yard by choosing 37 wickets within the 5 matches and dominated the continuing single-handedly.
“I keep in mind the sport at Centurion (in 2014) and I’d received a number of fast wickets in that recreation and he got here out to bat and appeared so calm and composed and simply performed his pure recreation. It definitely affected players around the world and I think it changed the game a little bit for a while there”, Johnson told ABC.
‘It still hurts to this day, ‘ Johnson said of his teammate’s death. He displayed similar levels of pace and brutality in the Centurion Test but the pacer recollects how the South African batsman hampered his rhythm by walking out and playing his natural game. “But it really is a great challenge and he’s been one of the best players I’ve played against”, he added.
Johnson finished his career with 313 Test, 239 ODI and 38 T20I wickets.
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After getting the news of the retirement of Johnson, Sachin went to the social networking site twitter to share his feelings and tweeted, “Good luck to Johnson who has always been a special bowler. Beyond this match, I’m just not sure that I can continue competing consistently at the level required to wear the Baggy Green”.
