TRISTAN LAVALETTE

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Focal point: Good or bad, Mitchell Johnson was always entertaining
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Ironically, it ended with a whimper. For a career that was exhilarating and entertaining – for better or worse – Mitchell Johnson innocuously announced his retirement from all forms of cricket through his hometown newspaper column.
“It is over. I’ve bowled my final ball. Taken my final wicket,” Johnson wrote in Perth Now on August 19.
The Australian left-arm quick had been on the T20 circuit since his international retirement in late 2...