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ASHES hopeful Mitchell Johnson overcame an injury scare to claim two wickets in Western Australia's Sheffield Shield clash with South Australia at the WACA Ground.
In reply to the Redbacks' 222, WA crawled to 0-49 at stumps on day one, with Marcus North on 22 and Cameron Bancroft on 25. Johnson was forced to go off for treatment after digging his big toe into the turf while bowling.
But the 32-year-old returned to the fray to collect a late wicket and finish with 2-74 from 16.4 overs.
Johnson missed more than six months of cricket after tearing ligaments in his big left toe in November, 2011.
However, a WACA spokesperson said Johnson's latest injury wasn't related to that setback.
Redbacks opener Phil Hughes blew a golden chance to push his case for an Ashes call-up after being dismissed for 25.
Hughes received a life on five when Bancroft dropped a tough one-handed chance at third slip.
But his luck ran out shortly after, with an attempted hook off the bowling of Jason Behrendorff (4-58) skying into the air for wicketkeeper Sam Whiteman to catch.
Johnson, who's also bidding to earn a recall for the first Test against England later this month, opened his day in horrendous fashion, with two of his first three deliveries called wides. The left-arm quick was lucky not to have another two wides called during the over.
But he soon found his rhythm, and would have claimed the wicket of Sam Raphael (21 off 96 balls) in his second over had John Rogers held onto a diving, one-handed chance at gully.
Johnson's second spell was particularly fiery, with a series of bouncers leaving the Redbacks' batsmen hopping.
The left-arm quick also beat the bat on a number of occasions, and finally received some reward when he trapped Travis Head lbw for 51.
Johnson wrapped up the innings with the scalp of Joe Mennie, whose half-century lifted the Redbacks from 7-160 to 222.
North, whose unbeaten century against Victoria last week salvaged a draw for WA, was yet to score when Trent Lawford dropped a sharp, one-handed chance at slip.
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