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Australia drop Johnson for second Ashes test

18:21 pm on 2 December 2010

The pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has been dropped from the Australian side for the second Ashes cricket Test against England, starting tomorrow in Adelaide.

Captain Ricky Ponting says the starting eleven won't be decided until just before play but confirmed Johnson has been dropped from the 12 man squad leaving, fast bowler Doug Bollinger and Ryan Harris vying for Johnson's spot in the side.