It seems the english are targetting johnson like they targetted gillespie in '05. Strauss said every bal ball he bowls they will punish him for it, but he is too good to drop...for now.
The pressure on ponting seems to build as the days go by, if we lose the series he will go down in history as the first aussie captain in 120 years to lose 2 succesive series on english soil. Whilst a brilliant bastman who will become australias highest ever run scorer next test it would be a daming legacy to leave as a player. Hughes and Hussey are the weak links at the momen, hughes is suspect to short bowling and perhaps reading his own press whilst hussey is all at sea.
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