England receives major setback as fast bowler Josh Tongue suffers injury; might miss chunk of the summer

England shared the news that fast bowler Josh Tongue faced a pectoral injury and will be out for an extended period which is a big blow to them. Tongue was considered one of the front-runners to succeed James Anderson, who is retiring from Test cricket after the first Test against the West Indies. Moreover, Tongue has been really good since his debut even though he hasn't played at any level since August of last year.

"Josh (Tongue) has had a setback to his original injury (pectoral injury). There is no timescale on when he'll return to action." said an ECB spokesperson. 

After making two impressive outings in Test matches last year, Tongue has been dealing with a pectoral injury. As a result, he was ruled out of England's white-ball tour of the Caribbean and the ICC World Test Championship series in India at the beginning of this year. Moreover, because of his injury, it's not sure when he can make a comeback to red-ball cricket. 

England to play 4-match T20I series against Pakistan 

England is looking forward to hosting Pakistan for a 4-match T20I series starting on May 22. This series is more of a warm-up match for both teams for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. Before this, Pakistan played a 3-match T20I series against Ireland in Dublin which they won, 2-1. 

The T20I series will start on May 22 at Headlingly followed by a game in Edgbaston (May 25), Cardiff (May 28) and The Oval (May 30). Moreover, the English players have left the IPL 2024 to take part in the series. Both teams will be looking forward to playing some good cricket in the series since the World Cup is approaching with great speed.