Johnson, once again the fastest bowler on the planet following a recent resurgence, has been recalled to Australia's team for the Ashes opener
Mitchell Johnson spent his childhood dreaming of being Wimbledon champion - but now Ashes glory tops his bucket list.
Johnson, once again the fastest bowler on the planet following a recent resurgence, has been recalled to Australia's team for the Ashes opener at The Gabba in a bid to rough up England's batsmen.
But ahead of what will be only his fifth Test in two years, the 32-year-old has told how the booming balls he envisaged careering at opponents were of the tennis variety until his late teens.
Johnson revealed: 'Wimbledon was my goal growing up in Queensland. I remember getting a T-shirt from my grandparents, passed on by a family friend who had gone to watch the tournament.
'That made me want to play there, and it was tennis all the time.
'At the age of 13-14 I had to decide whether to move to Brisbane to take it more seriously but I didn't want to leave my family. I was always a pretty shy kid.'
Cricket took over and at 17 he was unearthed by Dennis Lillee at a Pace Australia cricket camp.
Fifteen years on, becoming an Ashes victor is what he craves.
He said: 'When I first went to England for The Ashes in 2009 I pumped it up a bit too much, so now if I get the chance I aim to enjoy it.'
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