Mitchell Johnson can't feel sympathy for Alastair Cook ALASTAIR Cook almost broke the shackles in Perth yesterday but the Australians believe he has been troubled for the whole tour. Mitchell Johnson revealed this week that he had originally targeted Jonathan Trott and, when the batsman quit the Ashes after the first Test over a stress illness, sights were trained on Cook. "We have always tried to put pressure on the opposition captain," the bowler told Britain's Daily Telegraph.