Redditch's Ashes hero

Friends and family say bowler Josh Tongue's performance was 'a dream come true', with the former Redditch, Bromyard and Worcestershire cricketer taking seven wickets in the fourth test at the MCG, England's first test win down under in nearly 15 years.

The player will finish 2025 as the first England bowler to be named player of the match in an Ashes test in Australia since 1998, when Josh was just a baby himself.

Tim Piper is the landlord of The Cricketers Arms in Redditch and has been a supporter of Josh since he was just a kid. In 2009, Tim bet £100 that Josh would get an England call-up and became £50,000 richer because of that bet, and Josh's success in the sport.

He's out in Australia with Josh's dad and shares how they experienced the game from the stands, with Malcolm Boyden.

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