Mitchell Johnson to become coach?

Ryan Harris states that Mitchell Johnson might be interested in coaching.

After an abrupt retirement from cricket, yet another surprising news comes as Ryan Harris states that Mitchell Johnson might be interested in coaching. One of the cricketers who like to keep personal life away from media, Johnson was assumed to refrain from the game entirely and start off with something new but what comes from one of his closest pals, Ryan Harris, reveals some of his long cherished wishes regarding cricket itself after he retires from playing the game. Harris, who himself has coached the Australia A side, was quite close to the speedster to know that he had always had a dream to help the juniors with his experience by coaching them. READ MORE: Mitchell Johnson’s retirement: Ian Botham, Nasser Hussain, David Lloyd pay tributes

“I know for a fact that Mitch has an interest in coaching and particularly in coaching young bowlers and helping them develop,’’ Harris said. “Sometimes he can come across as a scary fast bowler, but off the field he is very thoughtful and is a good thinker about the game,’’ he added. Read: Mitchell Johnson: Phil Hughes’ tragic demise made me question my bowling tactics

Though Johnson is learnt to have shared a lot with Harris, the latter revealed that the announcement of retiring from cricket came as a shock to him as well. He went on to mention that a few days before they both had a brief chat where Johnson mentioned that he is considering about taking a final break sooner but was keen to play out the summer. Afterwards, he himself indicated that he has some plans to take up the profession of a bowling coach t support what Harris said. “Maybe I can become a bowling coach with Ryan Harris and go on a few under-19s tours,’’ was all he was quoted saying in Inside Cricket on Fox Sports.