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# The Ashes 2010: Mitchell Johnson's war of words with James Anderson shows
his fighting spirit
## Throughout his defiant innings of 62, Mitchell Johnson was involved in a
running verbal battle with Jimmy Anderson.
![Mitchell Johnson][1]
Defiant: Mitchell Johnson was involved in a running war of words with England
bowler Jimmy Anderson during his timely knock of 62 Photo: AP
[![Nick Hoult][2]][3]
By [Nick Hoult][4] 10:00PM GMT 16 Dec 2010
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Both players are naturally shy men but are adopting a much more aggressive
image in this Test. During the 2009 **[Ashes][7]** series, Justin Langer
described Anderson as a "bit of a pussy" in a dossier on the **[England][8]**
team leaked to the _Sunday Telegraph_.
Anderson has grown claws since Langer last faced him here four years ago and
Thursday's spat was not the first time he has upset Australians in this
series.
At the end of day one of the Adelaide Test, Ponting remonstrated loudly with
Strauss telling him to curb Anderson's sledging and habit of invading a
batsman's personal space. When Australians start complaining about sledging,
you know times have changed.
The high point of Anderson and Johnson's battle happened at the fall of Ryan
Harris's wicket. Johnson had just pulled Anderson from outside off stump
through long-on for four.
When he ended up at the bowlers' end soon after, words were exchanged as
Anderson walked back to his mark. He then found an extra burst of pace to bowl
Harris with a full-length ball and in his celebration turned around, stretched
his arms out to Johnson before making a 'shush' gesture with his finger. He
was clearly delighted later on when his catch at square leg ended Johnson's
innings.
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Johnson is often criticised for lacking the aggression to match his talent and
tattoos. The body paint is suggestive of an extrovert character but on the
field Johnson is too often lurching in the other direction. On Thursday, he
was desperate to prove he can be a fighter for **[Australia][15]** and with
the bat he went on the attack, striking Graeme Swann twice over the man at
deep midwicket.
His innings no doubt lifted confidence and in his two overs before the close,
Johnson managed to swing the ball away from England's left-handed openers. It
is a while since Johnson has managed to do that which proves his action has
undergone a slight tinkering in his time away from the team. His verbal
insults continued at the end of the day's play as he directed another mouthful
at Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss.
But his spat with Anderson was the main talking point. "I don't know what that
[the spat with Anderson] was all about but his confidence is up," said Mike
Hussey. "He batted really well and watching a couple of replays he was getting
swing with the newer ball. Hopefully he can keep emotions in check and keep
the ball in the right area."
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