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Mitchell Johnson was close to joining the army

Had things worked out differently, Mitchell Johnson could well have been dodging bullets in Afghanistan rather than firing the opening salvo of the Ashes against England

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Had things worked out differently, Mitchell Johnson could well have been dodging bullets in Afghanistan rather than firing the opening salvo of the Ashes against England.

It was a decade ago that the 27-year-old was first spotted at a bowling academy in Brisbane, where former Test pace great Dennis Lillee hailed the youngster as a "once-in-a-lifetime prospect".

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