Full name Joshua Charles Tongue
Born November 15, 1997
Current age 23 years 112 days
Major teams England Under-19s, Worcestershire, Worcestershire 2nd XI, Worcestershire Academy, Worcestershire Under-13s, Worcestershire Under-14s, Worcestershire Under-15s, Worcestershire Under-17s
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Relation Brother - RB Tongue
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
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First-class | 35 | 46 | 9 | 393 | 41 | 10.62 | 869 | 45.22 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
List A | 13 | 7 | 3 | 76 | 34 | 19.00 | 80 | 95.00 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
T20s | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2* | - | 2 | 150.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First-class | 35 | 62 | 5508 | 3037 | 124 | 6/97 | 9/98 | 24.49 | 3.30 | 44.4 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
List A | 13 | 13 | 529 | 600 | 14 | 2/35 | 2/35 | 42.85 | 6.80 | 37.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T20s | 5 | 5 | 84 | 122 | 3 | 2/32 | 2/32 | 40.66 | 8.71 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class debut | Oxford MCCU v Worcestershire at Oxford, Mar 31-Apr 2, 2016 scorecard |
Last First-class | Worcestershire v Somerset at Worcester, Sep 6-9, 2020 scorecard |
List A debut | Worcestershire v Yorkshire at Worcester, May 5, 2017 scorecard |
Last List A | Derbyshire v Worcestershire at Derby, May 6, 2019 scorecard |
T20s debut | Worcestershire v Durham at Worcester, Jul 30, 2017 scorecard |
Last T20s | Lancashire v Worcestershire at Manchester, Aug 16, 2017 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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1/40, 0, 0/28, 0* | Worcs | v Somerset | Worcester | 6 Sep 2020 | FC |
1/69, 0/6 | Worcs | v Warwickshire | Worcester | 22 Aug 2020 | FC |
1*, 3/42, 3/38 | Worcs | v Northants | Northampton | 15 Aug 2020 | FC |
3/75, 3/65 | Worcs | v Gloucs | Bristol | 1 Aug 2020 | FC |
20, 1/27, 2 | Worcs | v Northants | Northampton | 18 Aug 2019 | FC |
2/46, 2, 0/34 | Worcs | v Australians | Worcester | 7 Aug 2019 | FC |
3, 3/76, 27, 1/32 | Worcs 2nd XI | v Notts 2nd XI | Nottingham | 31 Jul 2019 | Other |
3/49, 7, 1/67, 2 | Worcs | v Middlesex | Worcester | 27 May 2019 | FC |
1/50, 20*, 5/37 | Worcs | v Durham | Worcester | 14 May 2019 | FC |
0/54 | Worcs | v Derbyshire | Derby | 6 May 2019 | LA |
An outstanding debut season saw Josh Tongue announce himself as one of the outstanding fast bowling prospects in English cricket. Tongue, aged just 19, finished the 2017 Championship campaign having played a huge role in Worcestershire's promotion, made his England U19 Test debut and won a place in the England Lions squad to Australia. After taking a five-wicket haul on Championship debut against Glamorgan at the start of April (he had previously played one first-class game against Oxford MCCU in 2016), he kept his place for the entire campaign and finished with 47 Championship wickets. Central to that success was his sharp pace and bounce generated from a high, easy action.
With a cricket coach for a father, Tongue first represented the Worcestershire U10 side when he was aged just six and progressed through every stage of the club's youth system. A good enough batsman to have scored 150 in the Birmingham League, his progress was delayed by a stress fracture of the back that necessitated surgery during the 2016 season. Having proved his recovery, Tongue signed a new four-year contract with Worcestershire (lasting until the end of 2021) in July 2017. A stress fracture in his left foot interrupted his progress in 2018 and ruled him out of an England Lions tour to the UAE to face Pakistan.
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