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Melbourne, Australia<\/strong> \u2013 England fast bowler Josh Tongue recently opened up about his rocky path back to international cricket, revealing he once considered retiring due to persistent injuries. Having debuted for England in 2023, the 28-year-old has played just eight Tests so far, battling conditions like thoracic outlet syndrome, which causes pain, numbness, and tingling in the arm.<\/p>\n This year, Tongue faced significant setbacks when he ruptured his right pectoral muscle and later tore his hamstring. However, after a lot of hard work, he returned to full fitness just in time for the recent Ashes series.<\/p>\n His performance in the fourth Test against Australia was nothing short of remarkable. Tongue was named Player of the Match after he took five wickets for just 45 runs in the first innings, helping to dismiss Australia for 152. He followed that up by taking two crucial wickets in the second innings, aiding England in chasing down a target of 175 runs comfortably.<\/p>\n Reflecting on his journey, Tongue expressed relief and joy at being able to play for England again. \u201cI\u2019m 100 percent glad I stuck with the sport,\u201d he shared. \u201cThere were times when I thought about retiring, but putting in the hard work paid off. Playing for England is my dream.\u201d<\/p>\n Tongue admitted to feeling nervous before the Boxing Day Test. Yet, the thrill of getting his name on the honourees board at the Melbourne Cricket Ground made it all worthwhile. \u201cIt\u2019s what dreams are made of,\u201d he said, expressing delight in his achievement.<\/p>\n The final Test of the Ashes series will take place at the Sydney Cricket Ground, starting on January 4, 2026.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Josh Tongue Shares Journey Back to Cricket After Injuries Melbourne, Australia \u2013 England fast bowler Josh Tongue recently opened up about his rocky path back to international cricket, revealing he once considered retiring due to persistent injuries. Having debuted for England in 2023, the 28-year-old has played just eight Tests so far, battling conditions like<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[29301,29303,29305,28062,29307,29299,29306,29298,29302,29297,29304,29300],"class_list":["post-22978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ashes-2025-melbourne-test","tag-boxing-day-test-mcg","tag-england-pacer-injury-comeback","tag-england-vs-australia-ashes","tag-josh-tongue-ashes-performance","tag-josh-tongue-comeback","tag-josh-tongue-five-wicket-haul","tag-josh-tongue-injuries","tag-josh-tongue-player-of-the-match","tag-josh-tongue-retirement","tag-josh-tongue-thoracic-outlet-syndrome","tag-melbourne-test-hero-josh-tongue"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}