Isabelle Eleanor Chih Ming Wong (born 15 May 2002) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire, Central Sparks, Birmingham Phoenix, Mumbai Indians and England as a fast-medium bowler.
[4][6] After the war, she was decorated with the United Kingdom's highest civilian wartime award, the King's Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom.
[4] Wong is also descended, through her great-grandfather, from the Macanese Nolasco da Silva family [zh], which was long-established and prominent in Portuguese Macau.
[9] At the age of six,[10] she became involved in an after-school Chance to Shine cricket scheme run by the school, as one of just two girls in a group of 50 boys.
[9][12] 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.
[25] Wong was the third-highest wicket-taker in the 2021 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 14 wickets including taking 5/49 against Northern Diamonds.
[28] In October 2021, it was announced that Wong had signed for Sydney Thunder for the upcoming WBBL|07 season, as a replacement for the injured Shabnim Ismail.
[29] Later that month, in a profile published in The Sydney Morning Herald to introduce her to Australians, her father was quoted as saying that "... with her attitude, she's more like an Aussie ... She really gets stuck in.
"[4] On 9 November 2021, while batting for the Thunder against Adelaide Strikers at Karen Rolton Oval in Adelaide, Wong caused a sensation by hitting a total of six sixes: three in a row off South African captain Dane van Niekerk, two more off Australian international spearhead Megan Schutt, and another one off another Australian international, Amanda-Jade Wellington, who eventually bowled her for 43 runs from only 17 balls.
[37] In May 2024, it was announced that Wong had joined Western Storm on loan from Central Sparks for the 2024 Charlotte Edwards Cup.
[43] In 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.
[44] 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.
[47] On 2 July 2022, Wong was also named in England's Women's One Day International (WODI) squad for their matches against South Africa.
[53] Wong also plays the guitar "not very well",[53] and is able to solve a Rubik's Cube in half-a-minute: she was seen doing so during the 2019 Women's Cricket Super League finals day.