Issey Wong celebrates the wicket of Kiran Navagire in the WPL 2023 Eliminator. (AFP)
In the inaugural WPL player auction, Issy was bought by Mumbai for Rs 30 lakh and lit up the tournament with his sensational hat-trick against UP Warriors in the Eliminator.
England fast bowler Issy Wong, who took 15 wickets for Mumbai Indians to lift the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL), feels it is good for players to get big paychecks and perform in front of big crowds as she played for the love of the game. Started and get to do this all the time.
In the inaugural WPL player auction, Issy was bought by Mumbai for Rs 30 lakh and lit up the tournament with his sensational hat-trick against UP Warriors in the Eliminator. In the final, he took three wickets to help Mumbai defeat Delhi Capitals to lift the trophy.
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“The way the women’s game is progressing and it’s good, isn’t it? We talk about it like it’s skull-crushing pressure but in the grand scheme of life, it’s not a bad problem. I Always try to keep that attitude.”
“I was putting my bin back in the other day – I don’t put them out, I bring them in – and my next door neighbor was talking to me because she and her kids were watching WPL.
“She said it must be hard with the pressure and seeing so many people, but I said I look at it because I get to do work I love for a living, so there’s not really that much pressure.
“I started playing because I like it and now I get to do it all the time. How cool!? As long as I keep looking at it like this, fingers crossed it’ll be okay,” Issey told the Daggers and Leeds Podcast on Sky Sports.
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Before achieving success in the WPL, Issey was only named as a traveling reserve in England’s squad for the Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa in February, where the Heather Knight-led side reached the semi-finals. . He feels that not making it to the main team has motivated him to get better at his craft.
“When I got the call (about missing the T20 World Cup) I was devastated and I probably had half an hour saying, ‘This is rubbish’ and after that, I was like, ‘Oh, I better Gonna go train!’. I had about a month where I could just train hard.”
“Don’t just bowl to (New Zealand’s) Sophie Devine or get (Australia’s) Alyssa Healy out. It was, work hard to be better Issy Wong. I was fresh (ahead of the WPL) and I think this was my opportunity to say, ‘I’ve heard your feedback, I don’t disagree with it but that’s what I did about it’.
“Before the auction, I was like, ‘Maybe I’ll be selected’ but then I thought, ‘Why do they want me if I haven’t been selected for the World Cup?’ But it happened. I was fairly aware that I was gambling a bit, which prompted me to say, ‘Okay, let’s do that last hard one and thank Mumbai almost’.
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