Paceman Mitchell Johnson has been dropped from Australia's side for the second cricket Test against England. <!-- google_ad_section_end(name=story_introduction) --><!-- // .story-intro --><!-- google_ad_section_start(name=story_body, weight=high) -->
Australian captain Ricky Ponting said Johnson's poor form in his wicketless Ashes opener cost him a place for the Adelaide Test starting Friday.
Johnson had a horror time during the drawn first Test in Brisbane, finishing with match figures of 0-170, dropping a catch and making a 19-ball duck.
Ponting announced that Johnson would be absent from the team, although the final XI was yet to be named.
Johnson admitted to understandable disappointment at losing his place, but said a lack of wickets in the first Test had counted against him.
"I'm a strike bowler for Australia and I need to be getting wickets," he said.
Coach Tim Neilsen said Johnson would be kept in the Australian squad, and he would be given as much chance as possible to play for Western Australia before the third Ashes Test, which takes place in Perth from December 16