Footage of 2009 South Africa series ‘re-energised’ Johnson to fly in Perth Test

PERTH - Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has revealed that watching video footage of his devastating series against South Africa last year has helped him rediscover his ruthless in-swinger.

Johnson snared six for 38 to leave Australia in the box seat after two days of action in the third Test at the WACA Ground.

“I think the major thing for me was getting momentum forward through the crease. I was coming over the ball to early, my arm was dropping. I looked back at that footage in South Africa [from early 2009] where it was going really well for me,” the Age quoted Johnson, as saying.

“I just saw the position of my body and where my momentum was going. That is really the key … momentum.”

“I saw the ball I got Graeme Smith out with [at The Wanderers], it was swinging away and surprised him a little bit. I was trying to get that back into my head,” he added.

The 29-year-old further believes that the Australian selectors had done the right thing by dumping him for the Brisbane Test.

“Being dropped from the Test team in Adelaide was disappointing, but it was a good wake-up call for me, it got me working,” Johnson said. (ANI)