Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson has Taken a Dig at England bowling spearhead Stuart Broad and former captain Alastair Cook before the fourth test and raised serious questions regarding their place into the team.
“Going to the next Test I think England will have to think about changes,” the 36-year-old said.
“I’m not sure if (paceman) Stuart Broad is up to it at the moment. There will be some question marks around him, (as) a senior player.
“(Opener) Alastair Cook is someone who I think has been thinking about retirement. I just wonder now with the scoreline being 3-0 whether that will take a bit of pressure off him and he’ll just go out there and score runs. I’m not sure. I think the scars are there from the last series.”
Cook, who will be 33 when the Boxing Day Test starts, has managed only 83 runs in the current campaign at a paltry average of 13.83. Broad has only five wickets from the three matches at 61.80 runs apiece and came off his worst ever Test figures in the third match at the WACA.
