Johnson came into the Ashes last summer as the most highly rated fast bowler in world cricket, with expectations high that English conditions would help him find the swing that makes him so dangerous.
The attack will be spearheaded by Dale Steyn, arguably the best young fast bowler in world cricket, the experienced Makhaya Ntini and all-rounder Jacques Kallis, with Morne Morkel, Nel and Monde Zondeki providing the back-up.
The only answer was to introduce a tolerance level, and after briefly experimenting with different percentages for different categories of bowler, the International Cricket Council in 2003 settled on 15% tolerance across the board.
"Playing against South Africa would have been a great opportunity for the young players to establish themselves in world cricket, " pace bowler Pedro Collins commented.
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McGrath is Test cricket's most successful fast bowler ever, with 542 wickets in 119 Tests.
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Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott described it as "a sad day for cricket" and former India spin bowler Bishen Bedi said the ICC had "created a monster" by legitimising his action.
But legendary former Australia bowler Shane Warne believes the showpiece event is good for cricket and ought to be embraced by England.
But he was struck by Broad's throw during his innings - an incident which led to the pace bowler being fined half of his match fee by International Cricket Council referee Ranjan Madugalle.
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His unbeaten 170, made off 274 balls and including two sixes and 23 fours, was the highest score by a Derbyshire player on a debut in first-class cricket, beating the 155 made by Peter Bowler against Cambridge University at Fenners in 1988.
His announcement comes just a week after fast bowler Shane Bond confirmed his retirement to join the rebel Indian Cricket League.
Former fast bowler Lillee, 57, is now president of the Western Australia Cricket Association, which hosts the third Test in Perth from Thursday.
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Former West Indies captain Richards cited Warwickshire captain Darren Maddy and Surrey spin bowler Nayan Doshi as two players who had proven expertise in Twenty20 cricket.
Those claims were backed up by former Pakistan captain Majid Khan, who was chief executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board during the 1999 tournament, and former pace bowler Sarfraz Nawaz.
In Test cricket, to date, there have been 37 instances of a bowler taking a hat-trick, with three players doing the feat twice, TJ Matthews, H Trumble and Wasim Akram.
But Cartwright soon established himself as a bowler, playing for Somerset from 1970-76 before joining Glamorgan as player and cricket manager.
"We felt it was important to have an experienced overseas bowler at the club in the period before Ryan Harris joins us, " said Yorkshire director of cricket Martyn Moxon.
Meanwhile, fast bowler Tim Bresnan said he is "definitely confident" he will be fit ahead of next month's Cricket World Cup.
Former Test bowler Lawson is now a media commentator, while Done worked at the Australian academy and is now the International Cricket Council's high performance manager.
The bowler was banned last year following allegations about his action, but he was allowed to return to one-day cricket because the bouncer - his most contentious delivery - is not allowed in limited-over matches.
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