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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Perth, Feb 2 (IANS) England One-Day International (ODI) captain Eoin Morgan &quot;can&#39;t put his finger&quot; on why his side collapsed in the tri-series final against Australia Sunday, but Monday said he was certain it had nothing to do with returning Australian spearhead Mitchell Johnson.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Chasing 279 to win the tri-series final, Morgan&#39;s men collapsed to be 98 for seven in the 25th over, with Johnson tearing through England&#39;s top order to finish with three for 27 from seven overs.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">It was Johnson&#39;s first game back since the Boxing Day Test against India in Melbourne and the left-arm speedster showed no sign of rust as he tormented his favourite prey on his adopted home turf.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Johnson removed James Taylor with his seventh ball of the day to a sharp catch by Glenn Maxwell at backward point before ripping through Moeen Ali and Morgan with consecutive balls next over, with the captain leaving a ball that cannoned into off-stump.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">But Morgan said, it &quot;could have been anybody bowling&quot; and specifically it wasn&#39;t Johnson&#39;s spell that changed the game and reminded the tourists of last summer&#39;s horrors.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;Absolutely not, I don&#39;t think he swung it,&quot; said Morgan on Johnson&#39;s opening spell.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;The two guys up front bowled well, swung it a little bit, but again we must have put ourselves under pressure.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;I don&#39;t know why we performed like this. Our biggest worry was the pitch. We didn&#39;t know what the pitch was going to be like and it turned out to be better than we thought.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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