Johnson’s brutal bowling plan for Graeme Swann in the 2013/14 Ashes #WillowTalk #cricket #Ashes

It was funny though when Swany came in because our whole plan was was to target him. Target him with the um the bat, but also if we got the opportunity for Mitch to to break some bones like to to get into his fingers, do whatever you can to take him out of the game. And I remember you coming back, you looked around and sort of went, I I don’t need this. Holy And just went straight off. The best on the second innings when I came out. Um and like we the game was screwed then. Yeah. And but I’m one on N though. No one else would realize I’m on N. I know I’m on a pair but no one else does. And I don’t think I probably had got a few pairs but in my head I’ve never had one. And George Bailey was at short leg. And I just took my mouth and I went mate. He went is boring quick. No you me mate. You need to tell me and and he bowed a couple of short ones. I was an excellent player of short pitch bing and I just let him go. He used to go for it. Yeah. And I but I let these go. you’re too quick to even go for. And I got caught shortlegged just trying to turn one off my hip, an inside edge, and it hit my thigh pad and it ballooned in the air. And I I remember think I can’t walk off. That hurts so much. That was like someone taking a baseball bat to my thigh pad. So I’m out and actually and I’ve got to walk off sort of head held high. Take your helmet off, you know, don’t put your head down. And I had tears running down.