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ENGLAND looks set for another Mitchell Johnson humiliation on a surprisingly green SCG pitch as Australia strives for a 5-0 whitewash.
The well grassed strip threatens to make Johnson the most dangerous he has been all summer when the fifth and final Test begins in Sydney on Friday.
"Yeah it looks like there's a fair bit of grass on it," a smiling Johnson said through his bristling moustache.
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"I think they played a T20 game here and it looked like there was a bit of grass on it so judging by that, it's a different game altogether, but it would be nice if they left a little bit of grass on it."
Just who will bowl with Johnson remains a mystery, with injured duo Ryan Harris and Shane Watson not in action at training on Wednesday.
Fast bowlers were given the net session off as they recovered from the fourth Test in Melbourne but they must prove their fitness on Thursday, determining whether Australia can play the same team in all five Tests this summer.
All-rounder James Faulkner is a chance to play if Watson is unable to contribute significantly with the ball while Nathan Coulter-Nile remains on standby for Harris.
Decimated England could not have received a more sobering sight on New Year's Day as they inspected a pitch which once had a reputation as a spinner's paradise.
And captain Michael Clarke is not afraid to send teams in, as he did with England in Melbourne last week. He also asked Sri Lanka to bat first in the Sydney Test a year ago, and subsequently won both those matches.
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Johnson has come from the clouds as a reborn fast bowler, destroying England all summer to have 31 wickets at an average of just 14 and an equally exceptional strike rate of just 32 balls per wicket. Not surprisingly he has won three of four man of the match awards.
If Johnson can take at least four wickets in the last Test he will have had the most successful series in Australia by a fast bowler since Rodney Hogg claimed 41 wickets against England during World Series Cricket in 1978-79.
There will be no respite for England, with Johnson still cranky at the Kevin Pietersen time-wasting tactics which caused their confrontation in Melbourne.
"It definitely is frustrating when it happens all the time but that's part of the game, it's part of their tactics," Johnson said.
"It hasn't really bothered us throughout the series but I thought it was time to just let him know it was inappropriate.
"It probably spurred me on to really get back in the game. Not long after that I got Bairstow out so it was probably a tactic that didn't work on his behalf that time."
Johnson claims he has been able to make such an impact because of decisive instructions from Clarke and coach Darren Lehmann.
"My role has been very clear," Johnson said. "In the past I've felt I've had to play different roles and sometimes that still happens where you have to back off a little bit and maybe tighten it up a little bit.
"In general my role has been to go out there, bowl fast, be aggressive, bowl in short spells. I'm very comfortable with that."
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