Tongue groovy for Ben

HANABALL: Tongue

- by MIKE WALTERS

JOSH TONGUE returns to make his first Test appearance in almost two years today, with England skipper Ben Stokes admitting: “We didn’t realise how good he was.”

After a ruptured pectoral muscle and torn hamstring trashed his 2024 season, 90mph Tongue will be unleashed against Zimbabwe at Trent Bridge.