After making his ODI debut in 2005, almost two years prior to his Test bow, Mitchell Johnson made sure the great Australian team of the mid 2000s did not miss the retirement of many of their senior, established bowling attack.
Johnson took over the mantle from the likes of Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie, a daunting task for any bowler.
A young, raw, Johnson first made the world stand up at take note on a rainy day in Kuala Lumpur on September 16, 2006 in an ODI against India when he sent Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Irfan Pathan and Yuvraj Singh back to the pavilion during a terrifying four over spell that left India gasping at 35-5.
Since then Johnson grew from strength to strength and was single handedly the architect of many an Australia victory.
The life of a fast bowler is an arduous one and ending his career at 73 Tests does not do justice to the immense talent that was "Mitch".
With nearly 600 international wickets to his credit and an unbeaten Test century at Cape Town against South Africa to go with it, Johnson finally chose to call it a day this week and his sheer pace and aggression will be missed from the international stage.
Here, Sport360.com’s resident stats man Mohandas Menon looks at the numbers behind Johnson’s career.
Full Name
Mitchell Guy Johnson
Born
November 2, 1981, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Age
34 years
Teams
Australia, Queensland, Western Australia, Mumbai Indians, Kings XI Punjab
Batting
Left-hand lower batsman
Bowling
Left-arm fast bowler
Test debut
v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, November 8-12, 2007
Last Test
v New Zealand at Perth, November 13-17, 2015
ODI debut
v New Zealand at Christchurch, December 10, 2005
Last ODI
v New Zealand at Melbourne, March 29, 2015
T20I debut
v Zimbabwe at Cape Town, September 12, 2007
Last T20I
v England at Chester-le-Street, August 31, 2013 (below)
Overall international career
Batting/fielding
Format
Mts
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
SR
100
50
Ct
Tests
73
109
16
2065
123*
22.20
58.39
1
11
27
ODIs
153
91
32
951
73*
16.11
96.35
0
2
35
T20Is
30
17
7
109
28*
10.90
114.73
0
0
5
Total
256
217
55
3125
123*
19.29
67.67
1
13
67
Highest score:
In Tests:
123* vs South Africa at Cape Town, March 2009
In ODIs:
73* vs West Indies at Johannesburg, September 26, 2009
