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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Roseau (Dominica), June 8 (IANS) Australia pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson has revealed that they had planned to pepper West Indies middle-order batsman Marlon Samuels with short-pitched deliveries as the latter eventually succumbed to a bouncer from the seamer in the second innings of the first Test here.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;Yeah it was definitely something we spoke about. He&rsquo;s not too good with the short ball. That&rsquo;s what we found and that&rsquo;s what we thought in what we spoke about in our team meetings. So it was definitely a plan to bowl a few short ones at him, try to get him to hook,&quot; Johnson was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au on Monday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Samuels was twice caught at fine leg on the hook during Australia&#39;s nine-wicket victory in the first Test with his second innings dismissal coming in a match-turning collapse of seven wickets for 35 on the third evening.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The 34-year-old was caught by Mitchell Starc at fine leg off Johnson&#39;s bowling for 74, having blunted the Australian attack for much of the day in a 144-run partnership with debutant Shane Dowrich.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Starc had been the successful bowler in the first innings when Samuels perished for 7 after he top-edged a hook shot to Josh Hazlewood running around the fine leg boundary.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">With the win, Australia went 1-0 up in the series. The second and final Test will commence on June 11 at Sabina Park in Kingston, Jamaica<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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