ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) Craig McDermott thinks the situation for England's batsmen could go from bad to worse when they face an even faster Mitchell Johnson in the third Ashes test in Perth beginning on Friday.
The former test paceman, returning in this series as Australia's fast bowling coach, has predicted the conditions will be ripe at the WACA for Johnson to bowl faster than he has while picking up 17 wickets in Australia's first two test wins in the Ashes series.
Johnson moved from Queensland to Western Australia and has made the WACA his new home ground. He has taken 36 wickets in five tests at the ground, which is considered the quickest test venue in Australia.
He returned his career-best innings haul there against South Africa in 2008 and destroyed the England batting lineup at the ground three years ago, snaring 6-38 and 3-44 in a man-of-the-match performance in Australia's only win of that series.
"I'd like to see him in front of his home ground ... whether it be day one or two, what the adrenaline does to his pace," McDermott said.