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| Full name | Joshua Charles Tongue | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1997 Redditch, Worcestershire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut(cap 711) | 1 June 2023 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 4 January 2026 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2023 | Worcestershire (squad no. 24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Manchester Originals (squad no. 24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Nottinghamshire (squad no. 24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joshua Charles Tongue (born 15 November 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for the England Test team and Nottinghamshire having previously represented Worcestershire. He is a right-arm fast bowler,who also bats right-handed.
Tongue made his first-class debut for Worcestershire against the Oxford MCC University side in March 2016. [1] He made his List A debut for Worcestershire in the 2017 Royal London One-Day Cup on 5 May 2017. [2]
Tongue was affectionately known as 'Jeevy Boy' by his Worcestershire teammates. [3] He signed a three-year contract with Nottinghamshire in July 2023. [4] [5]
Having missed the entire 2024 English county season due to injury,Tongue belatedly made his Nottinghamshire debut in the opening round of the 2025 County Championship in an eight-wicket win against Durham,scoring his maiden first-class half-century with 55 in his side's first innings and taking 5/66 in their opponent's second innings. [6]
In May 2023,Tongue was named in England's XI for their one-off Test match against Ireland. [7] He made his Test debut for England against Ireland on 1 June 2023. [8] On 2 June 2023,Tongue took his maiden test wicket,before going on to finish the innings with figures of 5-66. [9]
Tongue returned to the England test squad in the summer of 2025,featuring in the one-off test against Zimbabwe and the five test series against India. Despite only featuring in three tests,Tongue was England’s top wicket-taker in the India series with 19,including taking 5-125 in the third innings of the fifth test at The Oval. [10]
On 4th November 2025,the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) awarded Tongue a 2 year multi-format central contract. [11]
In September 2025,he was included in the England squad for the 2025-26 Ashes series. [12] Tongue played his first match of the series in the Third Test Match at the Adelaide Oval,17th December,and took figures of 5-134 in the match. [13] In the Fourth Test Match at Melbourne,26th December,he took figures of 7-89 and was awarded Player of the Match. [14] And in the final match of the series at Sydney,4th January,his match figures were 6-139,giving him 18 wickets for the series. [15]
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