By Taha Hashim

From contemplating retirement to the honours board. This game is mostly cruel, but hold on for just long enough and a moment arrives to make it all worthwhile.
For Josh Tongue it came just after 3.30pm yesterday afternoon as he celebrated a match-winning five-wicket haul for England on Test debut at Lord’s.
Tongue – injury troubles in recent years having threatened to derail his career – collected the ball, beamed a smile and showed off his newly-acquired treasure to the crowd.
He was just a name somewhere back in a queue a couple of weeks ago. Now, the Ashes. His display...