She became the first player in the Women Indian Premier League to register the Hat-trick against his name. Isabelle Wong hail from Chelsea, London who currently represents Warwickshire, Birmingham Phoenix, England Cricket team & Mumbai Indians as fast bowler She became the first player in the Women Indian Premier League to register the Hat-trick against his name. Isabelle Wong hail from Chelsea, London who currently represents Warwickshire, Birmingham Phoenix, England Cricket team & Mumbai Indians as fast bowler
Wong also took up a suggestion of her after-school coaches by joining the local Knowle and Dorridge Cricket Club at the end of her street. At that club, she was the only girl in a team of boys.A year later, she was selected in the Warwickshire Under 11s as part of the county’s academy program.Wong was also one of the founder members of Berkswell Cricket Club’s women’s section which launched in 2015.
She started playing domestic cricket for Warwickshire.In 2019, she was part of the Warwickshire under-17s team that won their national competition, and the Warwickshire senior team that won the 2019 Women’s Twenty20 Cup.She also played for Southern Vipers in the 2019 Women’s Cricket Super League.She was the youngest player in the competition, and made three appearances in the tournament.
December 2021, Wong was named in England’s A squad for their tour to Australia, with the matches being played alongside the Women’s Ashes.In June 2022, Wong was named as a travelling reserve in England’s Women’s Test squad for their one-off match against South Africa.She was then added to the squad for the Test match, after Emily Arlott did not recover from COVID-19.She made her Test debut on 27 June 2022, for England against South Africa. On 2 July 2022, Wong was also named in England’s Women’s One Day International (WODI) squad for their matches against South Africa.She made her WODI debut on 15 July 2022, also for England against South Africa, and took three wickets in her debut match.
She has been instrumental in Mumbai Indians journey to the finale and with her magnificent bowling performance in the eliminator that guaranteed them a finale ticket, Wong will surely carry this confidence & performance to ensure maidan title for Mumbai Indians in WIPL & hope she continues to play with the same temperament in her all games
