A love letter to magic Johnson

I am a Mitchell Johnson fan girl. I have been ever since that man walked onto the international cricketing scene in 2007.

Ever since then I have been slated and mocked for my unconditional love of the man, so it’s a little nostalgic to see the haters of the Australian public down at his feet now after years of being under-appreciated.

Johnson has single-handedly torn England’s batting order to shreds. In the first innings of the Adelaide Test he notched up a brilliant 7-40, including three wickets in one over, to secure himself the man of the match award and ensure Australia head to Perth 2-0 up in the series.

For all the stick he has gotten over the past few years, this man deserves a national apology – especially as he’s been the main man in turning this series into one we can be confident about.

It could’ve been a hell of a lot different had he and Haddin not notched up that important partnership when Australian were in dire trouble in the first innings of the first Test at the Gabba.

Since then their has been no looking back for our boys, and Johnson has been one of the main catalysts. His performance on Saturday was so incredible that he had 2.5 million viewers tune into the Nine Network’s coverage – this man just does it all.

I will go as far as saying he is currently the best and most in-form bowler in world cricket.

Johnson has turned back the clock and put together a Dennis Lillee-esque performance to turn our fortunes around.

He has made any decent bowler look like a wimp and has brought some much needed mongrel, grit and invincibility back into this team.

The Mitchell Johnson effect on the 2013/14 Ashes series could be felt for some time yet. He has recaptured the Aussie cricketing spirit, instilled hope back into the punters, and dented the arrogance of our enemy.

This isn’t taking away from the performances of Clarke, Haddin, Warner or Lyon, because they’ve been pretty darn good as well.

But Mitchell Johnson is just too good. What’s not to love about the dirty moustachioed mountain of manhood who is on his way to embedding his name into cricketing folklore?