History-making seamer Josh Tongue hailed England’s bowling unit for the “amazing job” they did Friday and said more of the same was planned to get a result in the fourth Ashes Test.<\/p>\n
Tongue led the attack in front of a record 94,199 crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, bagging 5-45 as the hosts were dismissed for 152.<\/p>\n
In doing so, he became the first England bowler this century to collect a five-wicket haul in a Test at the cavernous stadium.<\/p>\n
The last Englishmen to achieve the feat were Darren Gough and Dean Headley in 1998.<\/p>\n
But with England skittled out for 110 in 29.5 overs in less than a session, the pace bowling battery have another big job ahead on Saturday to keep their side in the game.<\/p>\n
“It’s been an amazing day of Test match cricket,” said the Nottinghamshire quick after his best bowling return in his eighth Test.<\/p>\n
“Obviously coming to the ground here this morning, winning the toss, putting the Aussies into bat and bowling them out for 150 odd, I thought we did an amazing job as a bowling unit.<\/p>\n
“Obviously they bowled well, as well. It’s a pitch which is doing quite a bit, and, yeah, we’ve got to come back tomorrow and do the same again that we did first innings.<\/p>\n
“I feel like if you put the ball in the right areas, which I felt like we did today, you’re going to get your rewards,” he added.<\/p>\n
“So you just stay patient and hang in there.”<\/p>\n
With pace spearhead Jofra Archer out of the series with a side strain, Tongue and Gus Atkinson rose to the challenge, finding movement on a grassy wicket.<\/p>\n
Brydon Carse was wayward early, but tightened up his line and length to pose a threat, as did skipper Ben Stokes when he came on after lunch.<\/p>\n
“I feel like anyone could have taken a ‘five-fer’ today. It could have been Brydon, it could have been Gus,” said Tongue.<\/p>\n
“When I’m at my best I’m bowling at that fuller length. Stokes has spoken to us quite a bit about it, going a touch fuller but hitting the pitch hard.<\/p>\n
“We get the ball in the same areas tomorrow we get them three or four wickets down in the first hour.”<\/p>\n
Tongue was not in the team for the first two Tests at Perth and Brisbane, and called it a “dream come true” to be walking out at a packed Melbourne Cricket Ground on Boxing Day with his family in town.<\/p>\n
“I feel like the hard work that I put in, investing in my body and making sure I’m in a good place physically, I’ve sort of got to give myself a bit of credit,” he said.<\/p>\n
“And obviously, these sort of moments hopefully come more often.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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