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England vs Pakistan, 1st Test, Pakistan tour of England 2026 - Player PerformanceENG vs PAK, 1st Test, Pakistan tour of England 2026 - Player Performance

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josh-tongue

Josh Tongue

85-46 & 3-43

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Overs9.1
Wickets5
Runs46
Dots33
Eco5.00
Maidens0
Wides0
No balls0

Josh Tongue vs Batters

Batter
B
R
Dots
4s
6s
Eco
Abdullah Shafique
18
18
10
3
0
6.0
Salman AghaW
8
10
4
2
0
7.5
Mohammad RizwanW
10
7
6
1
0
4.2
Saud Shakeel
5
4
4
1
0
4.8
Khurram Shahzad
2
4
1
1
0
12.0
Imam-ul-HaqW
7
2
5
0
0
1.7
Mohammad AbbasW
4
1
2
0
0
1.5
Ali UsmanW
1
0
1
0
0
0.0
Josh Tongue

In Pakistan tour of England 2026

Test
Stats
Value
Matches
1
Innings
2
Overs
16.1
Balls
97
Wickets
8
1
Runs
89
Maidens
0
Avg
11.13
2
ER
5.51
7
SR
12.13
1
BBI
5/46
BBM
8/89
4w
0
5w
1
1
10w
0

Commentary

48.1W
Josh Tongue to Abbas, out Bowled!! Fifer for Josh Tongue! The batter backed away to push at it and missed the line of the delivery to be dismissed. Pakistan have been bundled out for 171. Robinson got his fifer in the last over and now Josh Tongue has done the honours for himself. That was the right ball. Full and straight. England complete a clinical show with the ball. Abbas b Josh Tongue 2(5)
46.6
Josh Tongue to Abbas, 1 run, fuller delivery angling into the stumps at 146ks, Abbas clips it into the mid-wicket pocket and gets off the mark
46.5
Josh Tongue to Abbas, no run, this time he hits the short length outside off at 143ks, Abbas looks to cut and gets beaten on the top-edge
46.44
Josh Tongue to Abbas, byes, FOUR, oh dear! It has missed everyone. 146ks yorker length tailing in late and beats the bat of Abbas and goes past the flying left hand of the keeper. Abbas had no clue about that one, could not bring his bat down in time
46.3W
Josh Tongue to Mohammad Rizwan, out Lbw!! Looked a bit high, but he was given out onfield and it just needed to be clipping the bails which it did, ultimately. It curled back in from a length and caught Rizwan on the hop. Was struck a shade outside off, but replays have proven that it was umpire's call. Rizwan can count himself a bit unlucky, but he has to go. Number 4 for Josh Tongue. Mohammad Rizwan lbw b Josh Tongue 12(19) [4s-1]
46.2
Josh Tongue to Mohammad Rizwan, no run, 140ks fuller on off, Rizwan strides across and clips to mid-wicket
46.1
Josh Tongue to Mohammad Rizwan, no run, short of length outside off, at 133ks, Rizwan hops and fends it to backward point
44.6
Josh Tongue to Khurram Shahzad, no run, bumper just outside off at 138ks, Shahzad ducks under it
44.54
Josh Tongue to Khurram Shahzad, FOUR, whoops! Plenty of excitement from the home fans but Khurram Shahzad has creamed a full ball all along the ground to the left of short extra cover
44.4W
Josh Tongue to Ali Usman, out Lbw!! That's plumb and two in two for Josh Tongue. Ali Usman wastes a review. It will be tea as well. Tongue will be on a hat-trick when we come back for the post-tea session. With his action and his release, it's always a challenge for the right-handers. You feel as if it is an easy delivery on the pads but Tongue is deceptively quick and this is bowled at 91mph, Ali Usman shuffles across and flicks and misses, was full on middle and leg. Since he shuffled across, he had to get bat on it, but didn't and that's an easy call for Chris Gaffaney. Three reds and the players go back inside. Tongue was so sure that it was out as he almost went on a celebrappeal before turning back to appeal to the ump. Ali Usman lbw b Josh Tongue 0(1)
44.3W
Josh Tongue to Salman Agha, out Bowled!! Josh Tongue strikes. Salman Agha is surprised and wants to have a look at the big screen for the replay. It's bowled from wide of the crease and Agha has played outside the line of that too much. He gets forward to drive, leaves a slight gap between bat and ball, the ball nips back in and hits the top of off-stump. Superb delivery and one that Josh Tongue often produces with his action. Definite seam movement and Agha didn't play that well. He has a that's too good for me expression on his face as he looks at Mohammad Rizwan. Salman Agha b Josh Tongue 21(29) [4s-4]
44.2
Josh Tongue to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run, good work from Archer again. He dives to his left at mid-on and keeps it to one. Full just outside off, Mohammad Rizwan gets forward and times the on-drive and Archer is quick to get across
44.14
Josh Tongue to Mohammad Rizwan, FOUR, poor delivery and Mohammad Rizwan gets it away. Sliding down leg, short of length and Rizwan pulls fine and gets it wide of Jamie Smith to his left
42.6
Josh Tongue to Mohammad Rizwan, no run, wide of the crease and bowls a short of length delivery just outside off, nips back in a tad, Mohammad Rizwan goes on the back foot and nudges it to mid-on
42.5
Josh Tongue to Salman Agha, 1 run, pitched up outside off, Salman Agha gets forward to drive to mid-off. The bat-face closes and there's no timing but still they take the single
42.44
Josh Tongue to Salman Agha, FOUR, safe shot as he went hard. Flies so quickly and Cox at third slip had no chance diving to his right. A short of length delivery outside off, Salman Agha saw the width and went hard on the cut. Flew off the thick outside-edge
42.3
Josh Tongue to Salman Agha, no run, Jamie Smith and the slip cordon with stifled appeals for LBW but this is clearly sliding down leg. Length delivery and nips back in to the leg-stump, Salman Agha flicks and misses, rapped on the pads and easily missing leg-stump
42.24
Josh Tongue to Salman Agha, FOUR, back of a length outside off, width and Salman Agha takes advantage. He goes on the back foot and cuts wide of backward point for four
42.1
Josh Tongue to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run, short and on the body, Mohammad Rizwan goes on the back foot and pulls to deep backward square-leg
40.6
Josh Tongue to Mohammad Rizwan, no run, full outside off, Mohammad Rizwan gets forward to cover-drive, the thick inside-edge hits the pad and rolls to mid-off. So easily could've gone back on
40.5
Josh Tongue to Mohammad Rizwan, no run, full just outside off, Mohammad Rizwan gets forward to drive and Josh Tongue sticks a right hand out to stop
40.4
Josh Tongue to Salman Agha, 1 run, Cox at third slip dives to his right and keeps it to one. A short of length delivery just outside off, Salman Agha goes on the back foot and plays a white-ball shot, opens the face of the bat and guides it. Cox with a full-length dive to prevent the boundary
40.3
Josh Tongue to Salman Agha, no run, good length and tight on off, Salman Agha gets forward to defend, it runs off the thick outside-edge but doesn't carry to backward point
40.2
Josh Tongue to Salman Agha, no run, good length and tight on off, Salman Agha gets forward to push and does well not to close the face, defends it back to Josh Tongue
40.1
Josh Tongue to Mohammad Rizwan, 1 run, short of length on middle, Mohammad Rizwan goes on the back foot and tucks to deep backward square-leg
28.64
Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, FOUR, slightly off the thick outer half but wide of backward point. Full outside off, Saud Shakeel gets forward to drive and the balls runs away to the right of backward point
28.5
Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, no run, full outside off, good leave
28.4
Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, no run, big inswinger and England don't review as they feel it's missing leg-stump. Also a thick inside-edge as Saud Shakeel gets bat on it. Wise decision not to review. This shapes back in a long way, Shakeel falls over slightly, flicks all around it, but the thick inside-edge goes on to pad
28.3
Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, no run, short of length and wide outside off, left alone
28.2
Josh Tongue to Saud Shakeel, no run, four slips for Saud Shakeel. Similar full delivery to the last one that got Imam. But Saud Shakeel gets forward and defends solidly to backward point
28.1W
Josh Tongue to Imam, out Caught by Harry Brook!! Good low catch at 2nd slip and Imam-ul-Haq is livid with himself. He swipes the bat at the turf as he walks off. He curses as well. This is full outside off, the sucker delivery, Imam-ul-Haq gets forward to drive and the thick outside-edge is found. It's going low and to the left of Brook who shows great hands to snaffle it. The partnership is broken. Was on the 7th or 8th stump line and Imam-ul-Haq could've left that. That's why he was so disappointed. Also all the hard work done in building an innings is thrown away to a poor shot. Imam c Harry Brook b Josh Tongue 42(74) [4s-6]
26.6
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, 1 run, great awareness from Imam-ul-Haq. Abdullah Shafique had no clue where the ball was. It was right in front of middle-stump. It's a rising short of length delivery on middle, nips back in and causes Shafique grief. He gets a thick inside-edge on to the thigh pad. Doesn't roll back on to the stumps and stays dead in front of middle-stump. Imam-ul-Haq calls him through. Excellent running
26.5
Josh Tongue to Imam, 1 run, in the air but short of Robinson at mid-wicket. Full on middle, Imam-ul-Haq gets forward and flicks nicely, Robinson dives to his right and gets a hand to deflect it to mid-on
26.4
Josh Tongue to Imam, no run, from round the wicket, short of length and outside off, moves away, Imam-ul-Haq lets it go
26.3
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, 1 run, tight good length delivery on off, Abdullah Shafique goes on the back foot and defends to the right of backward point. They turn the strike over
26.24
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, FOUR, gorgeous. Granted it's a half-volley on off and middle, Abdullah Shafique gets forward and nails the on-drive. Short backlift and off the full-face, races away wide of mid-on. Just a punchy drive
26.1
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, no run, full and down leg with a legslip waiting. Abdullah Shafique flicks and misses
23.64
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, FOUR, beautiful clip. Full and easy for Abdullah Shafique as it's on middle-stump, he gets forward and flicks nicely, beats the diving mid-on to his right. That was a shot oozing with confidence
23.54
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, FOUR, this is too leg-sidish and put away. Length delivery and sliding down leg, Abdullah Shafique helps the glance and it runs away fine to the fine-leg fence
23.4
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, no run, full outside off, good leave
23.3
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, no run, short of length and tight on middle, Abdullah Shafique goes on the back foot and is solid as he defends to mid-wicket
23.2
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, no run, oh what a beaut! Duckett has his hands on his head. So so close to the outside-edge and the middle-stump. Unplayable stuff. That angle in and Abdullah Shafique is not picking Josh Tongue at all, on a short of length and then it nips away with extra bounce, squaring the batter up. Just the edge or the top of the bails missing
23.1
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, 2 runs, full and sliding into middle and leg, Abdullah Shafique gets forward and flicks wide of mid-wicket, two more
21.6
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, 1 run, full and angled in on middle, Abdullah Shafique gets forward and shows the full face of the bat as he drives wide of mid-on. Easy single
21.5
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, no run, tight short of length delivery on off and middle, Abdullah Shafique with a solid back foot block to cover
21.4
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, no run, now the thick outer half. Full outside off, Abdullah Shafique gets forward to drive and the ball rolls to backward point who dives to his right and stops
21.3
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, no run, full on off, nips back in a tad, Abdullah Shafique gets forward to defend, the thick inner half of the bat is found, rolls to mid-wicket
21.2
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, no run, Abdullah Shafique is squared up as Josh Tongue continues to trouble him. It's angled in on a short of length on middle, then straightens, Shafique is squared up and is hit on the back thigh. Too high for LBW and there's no appeal as well. Immediately Shafique walks away to compose himself
21.1
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, no run, Abdullah Shafique a tad lucky as he was early into the flick. He closes the face of the bat too early on this short of length delivery on leg-stump, the thick leading-edge rolls to cover
19.6
Josh Tongue to Imam, no run, short of length and tight on off and middle, Imam-ul-Haq goes on the back foot and turns to mid-wicket
19.5
Josh Tongue to Imam, no run, short of length and close to off-stump, extra bounce and Imam-ul-Haq has left that on length, it nips back in a tad, flicks the back thigh of Imam-ul-Haq as he shoulders arms. Impact outside off and easily missing off-stump. The impact wouldn't have mattered as Imam-ul-Haq was playing no shot
19.4
Josh Tongue to Imam, no run, short of length outside off, moves away a tad, Imam-ul-Haq lets it go
19.3
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, 1 run, short of length and no seam movement on middle and leg, Abdullah Shafique goes on the back foot and tucks neatly to fine-leg
19.2
Josh Tongue to Abdullah Shafique, no run, my word! That's Josh Tongue at his best. From mid-crease and he bowls it on a short of length on middle, completely opens Abdullah Shafique up, once it pitches, it nips away a lot, easily beats the outside-edge. That was another unplayable delivery
19.1
Josh Tongue to Imam, 1 run, good length and too straight on middle and leg, Imam-ul-Haq closes the face of the bat and tucks to deep backward square-leg
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