Australia was living its nightmare, the sad reality that 20 wickets in a test was going to be hard even at home.
Between the flat pitch, and the two settled batsmen, Australia was going to have to get lucky.
Australia didn't look like taking a wicket.
If a wicket was a prostitute, Australia was broke.
Kallis looked way solider than frame.
AB looked in complete control.
Australia was living its nightmare, the sad reality that 20 wickets in a test was going to be hard even at home.
Between the flat pitch, and the two settled batsmen, Australia was going to have to get lucky.
They didn't.
Johnson produced two brilliant nuts, with a 70 over ball, then he used his pace to get rid of a nervous debutante, before two tailenders just went with the flow.
People are already comparing it to the great Ambrose and McGrath spells at the Waca.
Johnson didn't hit a crack in the wicket, or get help from a spicy pitch, he had a flat pitch, a settled partnership and an old bowl that wasn't reversing.
This was something special, like the time i got a donkey stuffed toy out of a claw machine.
Who knows if this is the making of him or not.
There still seems to be flaws in his action, but left arm bowlers who can bowl at 150 and can inspire this sort of panic are few and far between.
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