Isabelle Wong Height, Age, Boyfriend, Family, Biography & More
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Height: 5’ 6”
Age: 20 Years
Marital Status: Unmarried
Bio/Wiki | |
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Full name | Isabelle Eleanor Chih Ming Wong |
Nickname | Issy |
Profession | Cricketer (Bowler) |
Physical Stats & More | |
Height (approx.) | in centimeters- 168 cm in meters- 1.68 m in feet & inches- 5’ 6” |
Weight (approx.) | in kilograms- 50 kg in pounds- 110 lbs |
Eye Colour | Black (Blonde Highlights) |
Hair Colour | Black |
Cricket | |
International Debut | ODI- 15 July 2022 against South Africa in Bristol, England Test- 27 June 2022 against South Africa at Taunton, England T20- 21 July 2022 against South Africa at Chelmsford, England |
Domestic/State Team | • Knowle and Dorridge Cricket Club • Warwickshire under-11 • Berkswell Cricket Club • Shrewsbury School's Boys 1st XI • Warwickshire senior • West Midlands • Central Sparks • England A • Southern Vipers • Birmingham Phoenix • Sydney Thunder • Hobart Hurricanes • Mumbai Indians |
Batting Style | Right-handed |
Bowling Style | Right-arm pace |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 15 May 2002 (Wednesday) |
Age (as of 2022) | 20 Years |
Birthplace | Chelsea, London, England |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Nationality | British |
Hometown | Chelsea, London, England |
School | • Bentley Heath Primary School • Shrewsbury School |
College/University | University of Birmingham |
Educational Qualifications | She is pursuing an undergraduate degree in finance and management at the University of Birmingham. [1]The Cricketer |
Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Unmarried |
Affairs/Boyfriends | She is single. |
Family | |
Parents | Father- Dom Wong Mother- Rachael |
Siblings | Her brother's name is Buster Wong. |
Other Relatives | • Two of her granduncles played for national team of Hong Kong team. Her granduncle Donald Anderson played his debut match for Hong Kong at the age of seventeen and served in Hong Kong Army and was killed in 1941 Hong Kong War by a Japanese sniper. • Her great grandmother Phyllis Nolasco da Silva ran a network of spies after the death of Anderson and was awarded the highest civilian wartime award of the UK, King’s Medal for service in the Cause of Freedom, after the war. |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Isabelle Wong
- Isabelle Wong is a British cricketer who is regarded as one of the best-emerging bowlers in England. She has played in many tournaments including The Hundred, Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL), and Women’s Premier League (WPL).
- At the age of five, her family moved to Warwickshire, where she started to attend a cricket camp conducted after school timings. She was one of the two girl cricketers in the groups of 50 boys at the Chance to Shine cricket camp.
- At the age of eight, she started training at Knowle and Dorridge Cricket Club.
- She showed talent at a young age and was selected for the under-11 Warwickshire team at the age of nine.
- In 2015, she founded the women’s section of Berkswell Cricket Club with other fellow cricketers.
- In 2018, she played for the Worcestershire team.
- In 2018, she played in the School Games National Cricket Finals, and in 2019, she became the first girl to be selected for the Shrewsbury School’s Boys 1st XI.
- In 2019, she won the Women’s T20 Cup with Warwickshire senior team and won the national competition with the under-17 Warwickshire team.
- She was selected for the England Academy squad for the 2019-20 season.
- She played for Southern Vipers in the 2019 Women’s Cricket Super League.
- In 2020, she signed up with West Midlands regional hub team.
- In 2020, she played for the Central Sparks team in the inaugural edition of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.
- In December 2020, she also signed up a full-time domestic contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board.
- In the 2021 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, she took 11 wickets and emerged as the third-highest wicket-taker.
- In December 2021, she was selected for the England-A team for the series against Australia.
- She played in 2020, 2021, and 2022 editions of the 100-ball tournament The Hundred for Birmingham Phoenix.
- In the 2021-22 season of WBBL, she played for Sydney Thunder and took 7 wickets for them in the season. She also played a wonderful inning with the bat by scoring 43 runs off 17 balls against Adelaide Strikers which included 6 sixes.
- In the 2022-23 season of WBBL, she signed up for Hobart Hurricanes; however, she got injured and did not play any matches in the season.
- Mumbai Indians signed her for the inaugural season of the Women’s Premier League in the 2023 auction for the base price of Rs 30 lakhs.
- Her favourite person is Fernando Torres, and her favourite cricketer is fellow English player Katherine Sciver-Brunt.
- Cars is her favourite film, and Lightning McQueen is her favourite character from the movie.
- Apart from cricket, she likes playing football, and Liverpool is her favourite football team.
- During the final match of the 2019 Women’s Cricket Super League, she solved a Rubik’s Cube in 33 seconds.
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