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THE plumbing van driver who once saved Mitchell Johnson's career is certain the best is yet to come.
Johnson's friend, mentor and former Brisbane Norths club coach Brett Mortimer says the 32-year-old quick was out injured so much earlier in his career that is only now starting to reach his peak.
Mortimer famously re-ignited Johnson's career in 2003 when he gave him a job driving plumbing vans and helped him rebuild confidence and iron out technical flaws at a time when he had lost his Queensland contract.
Johnson was back to his scary best with a bang when he skittled the hapless Poms during the Gabba Test - and Mortimer expects him to keep getting better.
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"I was always hoping he would get one more crack (at Test cricket) because he was a late starter to cricket and then he missed several years out injured when he was younger," Mortimer said.
"Then he spent more time out of the game in the last few years. Because of that, I don't think he has really reached his peak yet.
"I reckon the best is in front of him."
Mortimer, who was in the stands for the first day of the Gabba Test, believes Australian fast bowling coach Craig McDermott has worked wonders with Johnson.
And he says Johnson must take enormous credit for overcoming his mental demons from previous tortured battles against the Poms. The fast bowler's career was almost ruined in England in 2009 when on and off-field problems plagued him and the Barmy Army taunted him relentlessly.
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"To get over those scars and to come out throwing punches is great," Mortimer says.
"He just looks a different cricketer now. This is a coming of age for him.
"I always knew he had the ability. It's just good to see him fulfil his promise."
As Johnson exacted revenge on the Poms, Mortimer noticed some subtle technical changes in his action which have helped him back to full firepower.
"He is a lot more balanced at the crease than what he was before," Mortimer says.
"His head is nice and still.
"He really doesn't get tall at the crease but he does get high with his arms.
"Have a look at his arms, he has got really long arms.
"When he puts his arms down his side, they come half way down his thighs."
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