Josh has really set Tongues wagging

DEREK PRINGLE

Tall, quick and accurate, there is much to admire about Josh Tongue, the strapping Worcestershire fast bowler who made his Test debut against Ireland at Lord’s last Thursday.
Most intriguingly, Tongue, who was plagued with a shoulder injury earlier in his career, is back playing due to the wonders of Botox. And there was I thinking the substance is used to get rid of lines not to reinforce them, in his case the one he impressively probed just outside off-stump.
Nerves can consume debutants at sporting cathedrals like Lord’s but Tongue, 25, bustled in and let rip as naturally ...

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