Mitchell Johnson: Australia's new all-rounder?

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Peter Roebuck's very lengthy piece on Mitchell Johnson

Apart from some rather over-the-top comparisons by mentioning him in the same sentence with Wasim Akram, Richard Hadlee, and Kapil Dev(!) - I would have to agree with most of the writeup.

The scary thing is, Dennis Lillee marked him out as "a once in a generation bowler", yet I don't think even he envisaged that Johnson could well turn out to be a force with both ball AND bat like what we've just glimpsed with his 96no and 123no scores.

For me, watching how Mitchell Johnson performs as an emerging all-round cricketer in the next few seasons could be one of the most exciting things about following this regenerating Aussie side, alongside other finds such as Phillip Hughes

 

[Dare]

Johnson has a great chance of ending up like Wasim Akram.

 

[Inbox24]

Still needs to keep his bowling radar in check, bowls too many freebies. Also needs to maintain his in-swing consistently for a couple of seasons.