By Paul Eddison
JOSH Tongue started 2017 recovering from back surgery and awaiting his County Championship debut yet the Worcestershire teenager will finish the year Down Under with the England Lions after a dream debut season.
Still only 19, the fast bowler was called up this week to the Lions squad in place of the injured Essex bowler Jamie Porter, and will join fellow Worcestershire youngster Joe Clarke who had been named in the initial squad.
It’s been a whirlwind season for Tongue, who required surgery on his back over the winter and only started bowling again in Ja...