Joshua Charles Tongue (born 15 November 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Worcestershire County Cricket Club, and the England Test team. He is a right-arm fast-medium pace bowler, who also bats right-handed.

Career

Tongue made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against the Oxford MCC University side in March 2016. He made his List A debut for Worcestershire in the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup on 5 May 2017.

Josh Tongue

In May 2023, Tongue was named in England's XI for their one-off Test match against Ireland. He made his Test debut for England against Ireland on 1 June 2023. On 2 June 2023, Tongue took his maiden test wicket, before going on to finish the innings with figures of 5-66.

Josh Tongue

Tongue is affectionately known as 'Jeevy Boy' by his teammates.

Josh Tongue

References

External links

1997 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Redditch

People educated at King's School, Worcester

English cricketers

England Test cricketers

Worcestershire cricketers

Cricketers from Worcestershire

Cricketers who have taken five wickets on Test debut

Manchester Originals cricketers