Wicketkeeper Johnson left Warwickshire to join Derbyshire at the end of the 2012 season, in which he had two spells on loan at the County Ground. He developed through the Warwickshire system from the age of 11 and played in the team that won the CB40 final in 2010, but found his first-team opportunities limited by the return to form of Tim Ambrose at Edgbaston. He is tidy with the gloves but needed to make more runs at senior level to give himself a better chance of dislodging Ambrose.

Johnson made 72 in his maiden first-class innings against Cambridge UCCE in 2008 and that remains his highest score. He was restricted to only 10 more first-class appearances in the whole of his five seasons with Warwickshire, although one of these was in the match in which the county clinched the 2012 Championship, with an innings' victory over Worcestershire at New Road. Johnson had been recalled from Derbyshire for a second time because Ambrose was injured.

His Derbyshire highlight so far is a match-winning 79 against Yorkshire in a CB40 game, his first half-century in limited overs cricket. He has signed a three-year contract and will vie for a place with Tom Poynton as first-choice keeper.
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