Perth: Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson is set to return from his month-long rest period and the Tri-series final against England will be his first competitive match since the Boxing Day Test against India.
Following the drawn Melbourne Test against India, Johnson&nbsp;was rested to recover from hamstring soreness.
From the start of the 2013-14 Ashes until the end of the&nbsp;2014 calendar year, Johnson had sent down 602 overs in all&nbsp;international cricket, the most by any fast bowlers during&nbsp;that period.
"I needed a fair bit of a rest," Johnson told reporters.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/jan/mitchell-carlton.jpg" alt="Mitchell Johnson" /> Mitchell Johnson
"I think it'd probably been a big 12 months personally,&nbsp;but for all the bowlers as well. The UAE was quite tough. We&nbsp;bowled a lot of overs there and then coming into Australia the&nbsp;wickets were a little bit flatter than we expected. There were&nbsp;a lot of runs scored through the Test series. The body now is&nbsp;fully recovered and ready to go.
"I'm feeling pretty good. I'm feeling rested. I don't&nbsp;have any soreness there anymore, so I'm feeling pretty good.&nbsp;It'll be nice to play on a nice fast, bouncy wicket again. I'm&nbsp;looking forward to getting out there ... I know the South&nbsp;African series we played there, the wicket just got quicker&nbsp;and quicker. I'm really looking forward to playing on a nice&nbsp;wicket."
Johnson praised Mitchell Starc, who leads the wicket&nbsp;tally in the ongoing Tri-series with 12 scalps at 13.00.&nbsp;"I'm really looking forward to getting out there again&nbsp;and bowling and working with him. I think we bowl well&nbsp;together in the short form and hopefully we can bowl well&nbsp;together at the WACA. There's actually three left-armers but&nbsp;two opening bowlers."

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