Mitchell Johnson initiates a new attack on David Warner, despite the opener's 164 in the first innings.

Mitchell Johnson initiates a new attack on David Warner, despite the opener’s 164 in the first innings.

AUS vs PAK: Former Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has launched fresh attack on opener David Warner. Johnson’s comments came after Warner scored a rapid 164 in the first innings of the Perth Test match.

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Mitchell Johnson has launched fresh attack on David Warner
Johnson’s comments come despite Warner’s 164 in the 1st innings in Perth
Johnson has said that Warner rode is luck in Perth

Mitchell Johnson, a former Australia fast bowler, has started a new attack on David Warner, despite the batter’s incredible 164 in the first innings of the first Test match in Perth. Mitchell Johnson’s recent comments came amid the two cricketers’ ongoing feud during the opening series of the Australian summer.

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Johnson and Warner were at odds ahead of the first Test match, after Johnson wrote a critical editorial criticizing Cricket Australia for allowing Warner to select his final Test match.

Johnson stated in his editorial for the West Australian, written after Australia’s second innings in which Warner was caught for a duck, that Warner rode his luck in the first innings.

“On day one of the first Test against Pakistan Warner rode his luck early on — and it could have gone either way — and you take that and he went on to make 164,” Johnson wrote for the West Australian.

“He did what he was paid to do in the first innings before Saturday’s duck in the second innings,” Johnson said on Day 3 of the Test match.

Mitchell Johnson initiates a new attack on David Warner, despite the opener’s 164 in the first innings.

Johnson, a former fast bowler noted for his blazing pace in the field, agreed that Warner is at his best when forced into a corner.

“Warner may have denied he cares about criticism of his form, but it definitely does drive him as shown in his performance in the first innings,” Johnson said in a blog post.

“That sort of atmosphere is something Warner revels in,” he added.

Warner’s innings enabled Australia to achieve a massive total of 487, which they then extended in the second innings. On Day four, Australia set Pakistan a 450-run goal and took quick wickets in the lunch period. Pakistan were 53/4 at the time of writing and needed 397 runs to win at Perth’s Optus Stadium.