Mitchell Johnson is a left handed batsman and left arm fast medium bowler who plays for the Australian cricket team. He has also played for Queensland.

Johnson played his first One day International on 10th December 2005 at Christchurch against New Zealand. In this match, he bowled 9 overs, none of which were maidens, conceded 64 runs and could not take any wicket. New Zealand won this match by 2 wickets with 6 deliveries to spare. Johnson debuted in Test cricket on 8th November 2007 at Brisbane against Sri Lanka. In the 1st innings, he did not get a chance to bat. He bowled 18 overs, out of which 2 were maidens, conceded 49 runs and took 2 wickets. In the 2nd innings, he bowled 19 overs, out of which 5 were maidens, conceded 47 runs and took 2 wickets. Australia won this match by an innings and 40 runs.

Career Highlights

Johnson participated in 13 Test matches in which he bowled 3126 deliveries, conceded 1639 runs and took 47 wickets at a bowling average of 34.87 and economy rate 3.14. He scored 234 runs at a batting average of 23.40 and strike rate of 55.71. He played in 42 One day Internationals in which he bowled 1938 deliveries, conceded 1525 runs and took 65 wickets at a bowling average of 23.46 and economy rate 4.72. He has scored 92 runs at a batting average of 9.20 and strike rate 73.01.