WONG DOES NOTHING WRONG

Executes her plans and maintains good rhythm to claim a hat-trick in the WPL

Mumbai

Mumbai Indians Women's English medium pacer Isabelle Eleanor Chih Ming Wong, better known as Issy Wong, made it to the history books in T20 cricket by claiming the first half-trick of the inaugural Women's Premier League (WPL) 2023.

Wong got into the act to derail the UP Warriorz's chase of a stiff target of 190, claiming the wickets of Kiran Navgire

(43), Simran Shaikh (0) and Sophie Ecclestone (0) in successive balls for a hattrick during her 4-15 haul as the Warriorz were restricted to 110 all out in 17.4 overs.

Wong said she has not done anything special on Friday but just bowled to a good rhythm. The English bowler had been in hat-trick situations a few times earlier too and missed on a few occasions. So, on Friday, she made sure she executed her plans.

"I tried to make sure I execute it. I think there's been a few moments in the past where I've been in similar situations and (made a) mess of it -- two in two moments and I guess it's like you say hyperactive too excited to actually focus on executing. So I was, yeah, trying to be quite calm, quite clear at the end of my mark and just right. Thinking of what I'm going to bowl. I want to bowl a yorker right, missed it a little bit. But yeah, got a little bit of help, but I'll take it with both hands and

run," Wong said in the postmatch press conference here on Friday night.

Wong, who has played for the Birmingham Phoenix for the 2022 season of The Hundred, has also represented Sydney Thunder and Hobart Hurricanes in the Women's Big Bash League. On Friday, she talked about the issues she faced coming back from an injury, which forced her to withdraw from the WBBL, into a big event like Women's Premier League.

She said she has been focusing on getting a good rhythm while bowling.