Seamer Tongue to make England debut in Ireland test
Worcestershire seamer Josh Tongue is set to make his England debut in this week's one-off test against Ireland at Lord's, the country's cricket board (ECB) said on Tuesday.
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England to stick with 'Bazball' approach for the Ashes: McCullum
England head coach Brendon McCullum said the team will head into the Ashes series against Australia without fear of defeat and he sees no reason to rein in their high-risk, high-reward 'Bazball' approach that has proven so successful over the last year.
England’s bowling attack in crisis as Lord’s Test against Ireland approaches
England are facing a bowling crisis at the start of the Test campaign, with Jimmy Anderson and Ollie Robinson ruled out of this week’s match against Ireland at Lord’s and Mark Wood also a doubt. Ben Stokes’s ability to drag his injured knee through a few overs is also sufficiently uncertain that all Brendon McCullum, the England coach, would say on the subject was that “I think he’ll bowl at some stage throughout the summer”.
England Add Worcestershire's Josh Tongue To Squad For Ireland Test
England have added uncapped Worcestershire seamer Josh Tongue to their squad for next week's Lord's Test against Ireland. The 25-year-old has been drafted in as cover due to injury concerns over pacemen James Anderson and Ollie Robinson, both of whom remain with the group but are unlikely to be risked ahead of the start of the Ashes next month. Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes, Matthew Potts and Mark Wood are the other pacemen in the squad for the one-off Test against Ireland, starting on June 1.
Uncapped Josh Tongue joins England Test squad to face Ireland
Josh Tongue wondered if early retirement was calling following a rare shoulder injury that left him unable to feel his entire right arm. But now the Worcestershire seamer has been handed his first call-up by England for the one-off Test against Ireland next week.
Slurs and slights of pre-Ashes ‘phoney war’ are all part of the show
M ay creaks into June. The first block of the County Championship is in the can, the sun’s meek rays gather a little more strength and the damp English loam begins to sweat. So too the collective palms of the English cricket fan. A conjoined pulse quickens as thoughts, daydreams, hopes and fears become inordinately focused on that first ball at Edgbaston in three weeks’ time. That’s for the men. England’s women get under way at Trent Bridge seven days later – a first five-day Test on home soil. Two Ashes ding-dongs running side-by side. Twice the action and for now, double the chatter.
England include uncapped fast bowler Tongue in squad for Ireland test
Uncapped fast bowler Josh Tongue has been picked in England's 16-man squad for next month's one-off test against Ireland, the country's cricket board (ECB) said on Wednesday.
Ollie Robinson fit to link up with England ahead of Ireland Test at Lord's following ankle concerns
Seamer Ollie Robinson is fit to link up with his England team-mates ahead of facing Ireland in the summer's first Test at Lord's following ankle concerns. Robinson has become an integral part of England's fast-bowling ranks over recent seasons, and will be one of the first names on the team sheet for this summer's Ashes against Australia. Ad As such there would have been concern for England coach Brendon McCullum when the Sussex quick experienced pain during his county's draw with Glamorgan last week.