“Is Cricket Australia serious?” Mitchell Johnson takes fresh aim, this time at CA after being invited to an award ceremony

CA expressed their concerns over Johnson's column where he blasted his former teammates David Warner and George Bailey.

“Is Cricket Australia serious?” Mitchell Johnson takes fresh aim, this time at CA after being invited to an award ceremony

Mitchell Johnson (Image via ESPNcricinfo)

Former Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson who turned the cricket fraternity’s heads after his column in The West Australian, criticized Cricket Australia (CA) after being invited to an award ceremony. He took to his Instagram Story to express his surprise at the invitation as CA had canceled his two speaking engagements last week.

CA expressed their concerns over Johnson’s column where he blasted his former teammates David Warner and George Bailey. Johnson criticized Warner because of his form and his deciding his own Test retirement date and getting a “hero’s send-off” despite his involvement in the 2018 Sandpaper gate scandal.

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Johnson did not stop there, and he continued to attack Warner after he scored a duck in the first Test match against Pakistan in Perth. But this time, he mocked CA for their invitation by posting a screenshot of the invitation and the song ‘Take the Power Back’ by Rage Against The Machine.

Is Cricket Australia serious??
Johnson wrote on Instagram

He added:

Last week I was canceled from 2 speaking engagements. This week I'm invited to celebrate with them.

Mitchell Johnson’s stats in international cricket

Mitchell Johnson made his international debut in an ODI match against New Zealand in 2005. In 2007, he played his first Test match against Sri Lanka. He made his T20I debut in 2007 also.

Mitchell Johnson
Mitchell Johnson during his last Test match (Image via ESPNcricinfo)

In 73 Test matches, Johnson picked up 313 wickets. And in 153 ODIs and 30 T20Is, he scalped 239 and 38 wickets respectively.

He last played his international match in November 2015 after a match against New Zealand. His last ODI and T20I matches were in 2015 and 2013 respectively.

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