Cricket

The bowler’s action is suddenly under a cloud and he now has to undergo mandatory testing.

The veteran fast bowler will not join the team on their next tour but it is not for injury reasons.

The 35-year-old is in a ‘sweet spot’ and those around him are desperately hoping he ‘doesn’t want to give up too soon’.

No one quite knew what to say as the 25-year-old lay on the turf in complete ‘agony’.

MITCHELL JOHNSON: A chance meeting with Australia’s latest Test rookie revealed the one vital personality trait he possesses which will be the foundation of his success.

Australia have convincingly won their second Test match against Sri Lanka in Galle to confirm a rare series victory on the subcontinent.

The gamble to play the 21-year-old has backfired in spectacular fashion.

Since a Boxing Day Test where they both starred, Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne have tracked in opposite directions. In Galle, Smith made his fourth ton in five Tests and Labuschagne floundered.

The cavalier teenager was sent back to Australia mid-way through the team’s two-Test series.

New-ball wizard Mitchell Starc struck twice in the shadows of stumps to cement Australia’s ascendency on the first day of the second Test in Galle. 

MITCHELL JOHNSON: He didn’t face a ball out in the middle which Sam Konstas could have done if he had stayed at home.