Josh Tongue played in his first international game against Ireland on June 1 at Lord’s. It was a one-off test match. Especially since Jofra Archer, James Anderson, and Ollie Robinson won’t be there, he will have to play a huge part in helping England get ready for the very important Ashes in 2023.
The cricket player took the place of all-rounder Chris Woakes, who was in the team before Tongue’s first call-up. Woakes, on the other hand, hasn’t played many Test matches lately because he’s been hurt for a long time.
In an interesting turn of events, runner Tongue recently got Steve Smith out of County Division Two. Tongue got the Australia international out for 30, and ever since then, the bowler has been the talk of the town.
He was in the ECB’s pace development program before and played for the England Lions in 2017. In his first game in the championship, Tongue got five wickets against Glamorgan. By the end of the season, he had 47 wickets. With that, he helped Worcestershire get into Division One, but he has been hurt a lot since then and has missed a lot of games.
In 2022, the cricketer was almost done with his professional career. He had been out of action for almost 15 months because of a nerve problem in his arm. He had to have two surgeries, and he didn’t get back to cricket until the end of the season. In those three games, he took five wickets for his county team.
When Brendon McCullum told Tongue that he was going to make his start, Tongue said that it was like a dream come true. “It is a great feeling. I really don’t know what to say. Even when I was first asked to join the team, it was like a dream. Now that I’m on the team, it’s like a dream come true. Today, Brendon McCullum, who goes by “Baz,” came up to me right before training was over. “He came up to me right after I got out of the gym and told me the good news,” Tongue said.
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