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    "editor1": "<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><strong>Mitchell Johnson announces his retirement<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson will retire from international cricket at the conclusion of the ongoing second Test between Australia and New Zealand in Perth.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">&quot;I feel now is the best time to say goodbye,&rdquo; Johnson said in a statement released shortly before the 5th day play resumed at the WACA.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">&quot;I have been lucky enough to have had a wonderful career and enjoyed every moment of playing for my country. It&rsquo;s been an incredible ride.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">&quot;But the ride has to come to an end at some point and to do so here at the WACA is very special.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Johnson, 34, has struggled in the both the Tests against New Zealand, taking just five wickets at an average of over 60.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">He leaves the game as Australia&rsquo;s fourth-highest Test wicket taker with a current tally of 311 in his 73rd&nbsp;Tests.&nbsp;Only Dennis Lillee (355), Glenn McGrath (563) and Shane Warne (708) have taken more Test wickets than Johnson.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Mitchell Johnson International Statistics<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"># 311&nbsp;wickets from 73 Tests at an average of 28.10<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"># 239&nbsp;wickets from 153 ODIs at an average of 25.26<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"># 38&nbsp;wickets from 30 T20Is at an average of 20.97<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"># 12-127&nbsp;- his career-best Test match figures recorded in Australia&#39;s win over South Africa in Centurion in 2014<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"># 8-61&nbsp;- his career-best Test innings figures recorded in Australia&#39;s loss to South Africa in Perth in 2008<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"># 6-31&nbsp;- his career-best ODI figures recorded in Australia&#39;s win over Sri Lanka in Kandy in 2011<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"># 156.8&nbsp;- kilometres per hour, the fastest speed his bowling was clocked at. It came in the 2013 Boxing Day Test against England.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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