David Warner harshly reacts to Mitchell Johnson's article

Former Australian speedster Mitchell Johnson revealed that David Warner sent him a pretty bad text message for his article which prompted him to criticise Warner The speedster also stated Chairman George Baileys answer as quite disgusting David Warner harshly reacts to Mitchell Johnsons articleMitchell Johnson in his article questioned why Warner has the authority to choose the retirement date despite performing poorly in Test cricket The lefthander stated earlier this year that he would like to put an end to his test career at his home ground Sydney Cricket GroundAlso ReadIN PHOTOS Shikhar Dhawans iconic knocksAs reported by ESPNcricinfo when Johnson wrote an article in the West Australian questioning why Warner was getting a heros sendoff in Test cricket despite his poor form and whether the chair of selectors Bailey was too close to the players he sparked an extraordinary public slanging match among the former Australia teammatesDuring a press conference following the announcement of Australias Test squad for the first Test against Pakistan on Sunday Bailey was asked to reply to Johnsons essay and answered I hope hes okayWarner has not reacted publicly but his manager James Erskine hit back at Johnson Erskine hit back at Johnson stating that his questioning Warners selection wasnt logical Meanwhile Usman Khawaja also defended the veteran opener and said he strongly disagreed with Johnsons statement saying that the opener and former skipper Steve Smith who was also banned for a year had paid the price for their blundersAlso ReadShikhar Dhawan receives wishes from cricket fraternity on his 38th birthdayAs reported by ESPNcricinfo on Tuesday Johnson appeared on his podcast The Mitchell Johnson Cricket Show and claimed that the foundation of his attack on Warner came from a text message he received in April following another article Johnson wrote in which he questioned both Warners form and Candice Warners public defence of her husbands Test placeI got a message from Dave which was quite personal I tried to ring to try and talk to him about it which Ive always been open to I know Ive been open to the guys when I finished playing I said if Im in the media and writing things or saying things that you dont like just come and speak to me Johnson was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfoIt was never a personal thing then until this point This is probably what drove me to write the article as well part of it It was definitely a factor Some of the stuff that was said in that I wont say it I think thats up to Dave to say it if he wants to talk about it There was some stuff in there that was extremely disappointing what he said and pretty bad to be honest he addedJohnson went on to say that his attack on Bailey was sparked in part by an overnight text message he received from Australias chairman of selectors in response to another article he recently wrote in which he questioned why Western Australia quick Lance Morris had been withdrawn from a Sheffield Shield game to manage his workloads ahead of the Test summerHe had sent me a message after the Lance Morris article that I wrote It was just a little bit condescending When you receive it at all hours of the morning it was pretty disappointing Johnson saidJohnson was also enraged by Baileys response to his Sunday article which he misinterpreted as a dig at his mental stateTo ask if Im okay because Ive had mental health issues is pretty much downplaying my article and putting it on mental health which is quite disgusting I think Its basically having a dig at someones mental health and saying that I must have something going on a mental health issue has made me say what I have said Thats not the truth Thats completely the opposite Im actually clearminded Im okay I want to make sure everyone knows that Im okay and Im actually in a good headspace Johnson saidIm not angry Im not jealous Im just writing a piece that I felt like I needed to write I probably was set off by getting a message from him at all hours of the morning and not having the respect to make a phone call he addedI wouldnt say I was hurt by the messages I was disappointed and it was unexpected It probably just threw me off a bit The thing I struggle with the most is not having those phone calls I would prefer to have a conversation with those guys facetoface or over the phone Preferably facetoface would be the best way to do it So to get those messages was to me very disrespectful he addedAustralia will face Pakistan in a threematch Test series with the first game starting on December 14With ANI Inputs