In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, and , only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. Mitchell Johnson—a left-arm fast bowler—is a former Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricketer who represented Australia. Johnson took 264 wickets in Test matches, 212 wickets in ODIs and 38 wickets in T20Is. With 15 five-wicket hauls across all formats of the game, he ranks equal thirty-ninth among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers, and ninth in the equivalent list for Australia.
Johnson made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in 2007. His first five-wicket haul came against New Zealand during the first Test of the 2008–09 series at the Gabba. His 5 wickets for 39 runs in the second innings raised his tally to 9 wickets for the match. Australia won the match by 149 runs and his performance earned him the man-of-the-match award. His best bowling figures for an innings are 8 wickets for 61 runs against South Africa in 2008. In Test matches, Johnson was most successful against England, taking 5 of his 12 five-wicket hauls against them.
In 2005, Johnson made his ODI debut against New Zealand. He took his first five-wicket haul against India in 2007. Johnson took 5 wickets for 26 runs in the match, which Australian won by 9 wickets. His career best figures are 6 wickets for 31 runs against Sri Lanka at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in 2011. Although Johnson made his first T20I appearance in 2007, he did not pick up a fifer in the format. Figures of 3 wickets for 15 runs against Sri Lanka in 2010 were his best in this version of the game.
Tests
+Key Symbol Meaning DateDay the Test started or ODI held InnInnings in which five-wicket haul was taken OversNumber of overs bowled RunsNumber of runs conceded WktsNumber of wickets taken EconRuns conceded per over BatsmenBatsmen whose wickets were taken ResultResult for the Australia team One of two five wicket hauls by Johnson in a match 10 or more wickets taken in the match Johnson was selected as the man of the match
+ Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Mitchell JohnsonNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 The Gabba, Brisbane Jesse Ryder Daniel Flynn Daniel Vettori Ross Taylor Chris Martin Won 2 WACA Ground, Perth Neil McKenzie Graeme Smith AB de Villiers Jacques Kallis JP Duminy Morné Morkel Paul Harris Dale SteynLost 3 Headingley, Leeds Ian Bell Paul Collingwood Alastair Cook Graeme Swann Graham OnionsWon 4 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Ramnaresh Sarwan Dwayne Bravo Denesh Ramdin Sulieman Benn Ravi RampaulDrawn 5 Seddon Park, Hamilton Tim McIntosh BJ Watling Ross Taylor Martin Guptill Brent Arnel Tim SoutheeWon 6 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Gautam Gambhir Virender Sehwag Mahendra Singh Dhoni Harbhajan Singh Suresh RainaLost 7 WACA Ground, Perth Alastair Cook Jonathan Trott Kevin Pietersen Paul Collingwood Chris Tremlett James AndersonWon 8 The Gabba, Brisbane Jonathan Trott Kevin Pietersen Stuart Broad Graeme Swann James AndersonWon 9 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Alastair Cook Ben Stokes Matt Prior Stuart Broad Graeme Swann James Anderson Monty PanesarWon 10 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Ben Stokes Jonny Bairstow Tim Bresnan Kevin Pietersen Stuart BroadWon 11 SuperSport Park, Centurion Graeme Smith Alviro Petersen Faf du Plessis Ryan McLaren Robin Peterson AB de Villiers Morné MorkelWon 12 SuperSport Park, Centurion Alviro Petersen Graeme Smith JP Duminy Ryan McLaren AB de VilliersWon
One Day Internationals + Five-wicket hauls in ODI cricket by Mitchell JohnsonNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara Yuvraj Singh Robin Uthappa Mahendra Singh Dhoni Irfan Pathan Murali KartikWon 2 Warner Park Sporting Complex, Basseterre Chris Gayle Ramnaresh Sarwan Darren Powell Nikita Miller Fidel EdwardsWon 3 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy Mahela Jayawardene Kumar Sangakkara Jeevan Mendis Angelo Mathews Suraj Randiv Ajantha MendisWon
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