As a new cricket fan who always watching old matches and researching about the game, the funniest yet the most terrifying thing got to be how Mitchel Johnson went from a "Duck Player" in Ashes 2011 to "Death Merchant" in Ashes 2013. And I'm not even kidding. He destroyed half of the England players' careers. He was the reason behind why players like KP, Trott, Prior and many more retired. I mean imagine 10 players players playing 2 innings per 5 matches which makes it 100 innings in the series yet Stokesy was the only English player to get a 100 (yup, he was the only one) and Johnson got 37 out of the 100 wickets which is still a record. I hate how Johnson behaved with Kohli and now with Warner. But the Barmy Army deserved if after continuesly harrassing Johnson both on & off field even dragging his wife.
P.S : Another scary thing - Pat Cummins is the calmest bowler in Baggy Greens (at least in comprision to Starc & Hazlewood) yet in all Ashes he played excluding the 2023 one, he was the highest wicket taker. Even in the BGT 2021 that Aus lost badly and got trolled, Pat was the only exception and was POTS. My ques/thought is he's calm yet he's so destructive, god forbid if someone tries to do the Johnson Ashes 2011 saga to him (specially considering the fact that he's specially vulnerable & traumatized rn due to his mum's death and still grieving), what he'll do? Either he'll perish in the fire and turn the opposition to ashes. I sincerely it doesn't happen to him as though he gave us heartaches, he's still a person with the heart of gold, but if if happens, I'll want him to bash England instead of India. I mean seriously, India ko bohot pel liye, ab England ko pelo...
Please reply your thoughts and sorry for the rant.
