Johnson's triple-strike stuns Stars

Star paceman Mitchell Johnson says he will “think about” an international comeback should national selectors come calling ahead of next month’s KFC T20 INTL series against Sri Lanka.

Earlier this month, Johnson played down the prospect of making a return to Australia's T20 team, but his feelings towards a comeback appear to be warming as his Big Bash season goes from strength to strength.

The 35-year-old has now snared 12 wickets across eight games in BBL|06 and was never more damaging than during Tuesday’s semi-final at the WACA, when he took an incredible 3-3 – including 2-0 off the first over of the match – to propel the Scorchers into the Big Final.

Johnson, who retired from international cricket in November 2015, has been enjoying his time back in the spotlight.

“I’m getting asked this question a hell of a lot at the moment,” Johnson said on Fox Sports’ Bill and Boz.

“I mean, the ears definitely pricked up.

“I was sat next to Justin Langer who’s the coach for the T20 side, he did ask if I was available.

“At the time I didn’t click that he was actually the (international T20) coach and I said 'no chance!' and he goes 'are you sure?' and I was like, yeah, nah, not keen at all.

“But look, I keep getting asked and I just want to play good cricket and have some fun and I’m doing that with the Big Bash.

“If I get a call from the selectors then maybe I’ll think about it but to be honest I’m pretty happy where I’m sitting at the moment.”

Mitch Johnson in full flight in the BBL // Getty Images

It’s a warming of sentiment from earlier this month, when Johnson said quite definitively it was unlikely he'd return to international ranks.

"Look, I don't think so. I don't think that will ever happen," Johnson said at the time.

Scorchers coach Langer will lead the Australia T20 side against Sri Lanka, with Darren Lehmann touring India with the Test squad.

He will be assisted by Ricky Ponting and Jason Gillespie for the three-match series, with games to be played in Melbourne (Feb 17), Geelong (Feb 19) and Adelaide (Feb 22).

Meanwhile, Johnson has also weighed in on Lehmann’s scathing attack on Melbourne Stars import Kevin Pietersen.

Lehmann took to Twitter on Tuesday night, advising the Stars to remove Pietersen from their playing roster next season and suggesting the former England star is overpaid.

“It’s a fair point I think,” Johnson said.

“Obviously the coach of the Australian team probably shouldn’t tweet that, we’ve seen a few tweets from Darren that have been quite interesting and funny at times but sometimes you’ve got to be a little careful with that kind of stuff.

“But I think he’s pretty spot on, (Pietersen) came over as their big trump player, he probably didn’t perform as well as he would have liked throughout the whole tournament but (that was) good for us as well.

“He came out in the semi and didn’t perform, we got the result and now we’re in the final.”