England’s Issy Wong took the primary Women’s Premier League hat-trick because the Mumbai Indians secured a dominant 72-run victory in opposition to UP Warriors within the match’s eliminator.
Her Mumbai and England teammate Nat Sciver-Brunt posted 72 no longer out off 38 balls within the first innings as Mumbai completed with an enormous general of 182 for 4.
Wong then starred with the ball, completing with figures of 4 for 15. The 20-year-old got rid of Australia batter Alyssa Healy in her opening over earlier than making historical past along with her 3rd.
Kiran Navgire hit Wong’s 2d supply of the thirteenth over immediately to Sciver-Brunt, who made a blank catch on the deep-midwicket boundary.
Wong then bowled Simran Shaikh and her England teammate Sophie Ecclestone in successive deliveries to finish her feat and assist Mumbai achieve the general.
“It’s all still a bit surreal, it’s been a bit of a whirlwind for the last couple of weeks,” Wong stated. “I was just trying to hit the stumps [for the hat-trick ball], Sophie said well bowled, she is a good friend and she is a quality cricketer as well. It’s a bit more exciting as you know each other well.
“You don’t enter competitions to make the semi-finals, you enter them to be competitive and try to win it.”
Wong used to be the WPL’s 2d costliest signing at £30,000 after the India batter Smriti Mandhana.