JC Tongue

Bowler, England, 15 Tests, 2023-2026. Debut v Ireland, 2023

26.33Bowling average, 76 wickets at 4.11 an over. The difficulty model rates batting; his bowling is shown as recorded.

Season by seasonBowling, as recorded

Year	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ
2023	10	257	25.70	3.38
2025	33	896	27.15	4.30
2026	33	848	25.70	4.20
Career	76	2001	26.33	4.11

Percentile rankingsvs all Test players (2001–)

PoorAverageGreat

Bowling

Volume

Wickets

5 wkts

Quality

Average

26.33

Strike rate

38.4

Economy

4.11

Conditions

Away average

20.11

Batting

Value

Adjusted avg

8.2

Value / inns

1.7

Volume

Runs

133

Average

7.82

Hundreds

Quality

Strike rate

43.8

Consistency

Conditions

Away average

Career arc

Batting by opposition

Opp	Inns	Runs	Avg
Pakistan	4	65	21.67
Australia	7	35	7.00
New Zealand	6	20	4.00
India	5	13	3.25

Bowling by opposition

Opp	Wkts	Avg	Best	5w
Australia	23	22.30	5/45	1
India	19	29.05	5/125	1
Pakistan	19	16.32	5/46	1
New Zealand	8	49.88	3/40	0
Ireland	5	21.20	5/66	1
Zimbabwe	2	60.50	1/56	0

Home & away

Home

8.43bat avg

28.26bowl avg

Away

5bat avg

20.11bowl avg

Batting by innings

Inns	Bat	Runs	Avg
1st	3	40	40.00
2nd	10	46	6.57
3rd	3	23	7.67
4th	6	24	4.00

Recent formLast 10 Tests

v Pakistan156/148Edgbaston2026-09-09 v Pakistan30 & 125/73Lord's2026-08-27 v Pakistan88/89Headingley2026-08-19 v New Zealand2 & 20/150Trent Bridge2026-06-25 v New Zealand1 & 03/161The Oval2026-06-17 v New Zealand10 & 55/88Lord's2026-06-04 v Australia0 & 66/139Sydney Cricket Ground2026-01-04 v Australia17/89Melbourne Cricket Ground2025-12-26 v Australia7 & 15/134Adelaide Oval2025-12-17 v India0 & 08/182The Oval2025-07-31

Full recordAs recorded, 2001 to now

Innings: 22
Not outs: 5
Runs: 133
Average: 7.82
Strike rate: 43.8
Highest: 30*
Hundreds: 0
Fifties: 0
Ducks: 4

Wickets: 76
Average: 26.33
Economy: 4.11
Strike rate: 38.4
Best: 5/45
5 wickets: 4
10 wkt match: 0
Balls: 2918