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[fineleg]

Ricky Ponting admits he is "licking his lips" at the prospect of Queensland's Mitchell Johnson entering the Test team. Johnson, a left-arm fast bowler, appears to be a regular member of the national one-day squad - he has been picked for the tri-series in Malaysia and the Champions Trophy - after a couple of injurjy-free seasons following serious back problems.

Ponting and Johnson were in the same group at the pre-season boot camp and the captain has been impressed with his team-mate on and off the field. "I found him a terrific young bloke who is eager to learn," Ponting said in The Courier-Mail. "He has been touted for a long time as someone with ability and he has had his body right over the last couple of years and impressed everyone with what he did in the recent A series in Darwin and Cairns."

Johnson is capable of bowling around the 145kph mark, but it not just his speed that has Ponting excited. "A left-armer who can bowl that sort of pace and can swing the ball is an exciting prospect for anyone," he told the paper. "With age on his side as well, as captain of the national side you do lick your lips at those sorts of prospects. I'm really excited for Mitchell, Dan Cullen, Shaun Tait and Mark Cosgrove. They are going to turn into really good players and I hope I am around when they do."

Johnson told Cricinfo during a pre-season Queensland session he wanted to expand his international experience during a massive summer. "It's been two years without back problems and I'm enjoying it," he said. "I now have to confront the pressure and take some weight off my shoulders. I've played a few one-day games now, but the hardest thing is staying there and I have to work my arse off."

© Cricinfo

[sgusa]

The title sounds a bit too gay

[Sahir]

I must say that I was not very impressed from what I saw of him versus South Africa.  He was certainly nowhere near as quick as he is reported to be and he hardly ever got the ball to go off the straight.  The only thing that really stood out about him was his lip and tongue piercings.  Nathan Bracken is a far better ODI bowler, IMO.

[dextrous]

I must say that I was not very impressed from what I saw of him versus South Africa.  He was certainly nowhere near as quick as he is reported to be and he hardly ever got the ball to go off the straight.  The only thing that really stood out about him was his lip and tongue piercings.  Nathan Bracken is a far better ODI bowler, IMO.

Yes, I really don't know why the Australians under-estimate Bracken so much. He could've easily been their frontline bowler in the absence of McGrath in One Day Cricket, but his place doesn't appear to be cemented.

[suraj]

The title sounds a bit too gay

only you cud make this observation

[fineleg]

BUMP. Now we know why Ponting LICKED HIS LIPS!
This MJ is good.

[Cernunnos]

BUMP. Now we know why Ponting LICKED HIS LIPS!
This MJ is good.

If exposing Indian batsmen is a criterion for good, then I suppose Franklyn Rose, Simon Doull, Mike Whitney, Pedro Collins etc. were also good.

[justforkix]

BUMP. Now we know why Ponting LICKED HIS LIPS!
This MJ is good.

If exposing Indian batsmen is a criterion for good, then I suppose Franklyn Rose, Simon Doull, Mike Whitney, Pedro Collins etc. were also good.

  - Is Shane Watson also the next Freddie Flintoff

[dhruvdeepak]

BUMP. Now we know why Ponting LICKED HIS LIPS!
This MJ is good.

If exposing Indian batsmen is a criterion for good, then I suppose Franklyn Rose, Simon Doull, Mike Whitney, Pedro Collins etc. were also good.

  - Is Shane Watson also the next Freddie Flintoff

he's not even an all-rounder's a**hole according to geoff thomson (in an interview 6 months ago) 

[fineleg]

BUMP. Now we know why Ponting LICKED HIS LIPS!
This MJ is good.

If exposing Indian batsmen is a criterion for good, then I suppose Franklyn Rose, Simon Doull, Mike Whitney, Pedro Collins etc. were also good.

  - Is Shane Watson also the next Freddie Flintoff

he's not even an all-rounder's a**hole according to geoff thomson (in an interview 6 months ago) 

Well, if SW is not even an all rounders ** then what is IP, not even an allrounder's ?

[justforkix]

BUMP. Now we know why Ponting LICKED HIS LIPS!
This MJ is good.

If exposing Indian batsmen is a criterion for good, then I suppose Franklyn Rose, Simon Doull, Mike Whitney, Pedro Collins etc. were also good.

  - Is Shane Watson also the next Freddie Flintoff

he's not even an all-rounder's a**hole according to geoff thomson (in an interview 6 months ago) 

Well, if SW is not even an all rounders ** then what is IP, not even an allrounder's ?

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