{"id":799081,"date":"2026-07-14T05:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T05:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/799081\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T05:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T05:34:10","slug":"england-cricket-fans-in-meltdown-as-tv-cameras-spot-issy-wongs-rubiks-cube-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/799081\/","title":{"rendered":"England cricket fans in meltdown as TV cameras spot Issy Wong\u2019s Rubik\u2019s Cube controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>England cricket star Issy Wong has divided opinion after she was spotted celebrating the completion of a Rubik\u2019s Cube during her side\u2019s heavy Test defeat to India.<\/p>\n<p>The Lord\u2019s crowd \u2014 who were watching an England Women\u2019s Test match at the iconic venue for the first time \u2014 watched their team succumb to a 270-run loss before lunch on the final day as they were bowled out for 186.<\/p>\n<p>It is England\u2019s second-heaviest defeat ever in terms of runs in Test cricket \u2014 the only one to top it coming away from home against India three years ago when they lost by 347 runs.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every ball of Australia vs Bangladesh Test Series live and ad-break free during play with Fox Cricket on Kayo | New to Kayo? <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/home?extcamp=ncaeditoriallinkcricket-edt-new-lnk-awr-grc-cri-kyo&amp;channel=nca&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But fast bowler Wong, 24, still attempted to entertain the Lord\u2019s crowd despite England\u2019s impending defeat.<\/p>\n<p>She successfully solved a Rubik\u2019s Cube and then held it up to show fans, before throwing her jersey down to a young supporter.<\/p>\n<p>BBC Test Match Special shared the clip with the caption: \u201cJust Issy Wong doing Issy Wong stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some criticised her as they were left frustrated by her positive demeanour given the magnitude of the defeat.<\/p>\n<p>journalist Piers Morgan responding to BBC TMS by saying: \u201c*Wrong\u2019 stuff. (Fixed it for you).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a male player did this while England were being thrashed, all hell would break loose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While England fan Ian Jones added: \u201cThere\u2019s something seriously wrong with the England set up as a whole, both men\u2019s and women\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to be entertained. We want to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And fellow England supporter Jack Rutter replied: \u201cGetting hammered in the Test match, but hey at least she can solve a Rubik\u2019s Cube.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/e1c85cc6e4b720a49a047adbbf6f3d8e\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"Fans fume over astronomical World Cup parking fees\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>However, others fought Wong\u2019s corner as cricketers are often seen passing the time in the stands with items such as crosswords and books.<\/p>\n<p>Fan WGRumblePants saying: \u201cThere\u2019s been some criticism in reply to this post about Issy Wong solving a Rubik\u2019s Cube at Lord\u2019s. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of them suggest that the England men\u2019s team would never have done it. I agree. No, no they wouldn\u2019t. Not in a million years. Not even if you gave them the instructions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cathy Jones responded to Morgan directly, adding: \u201cNot a load of tosh. You\u2019re just another woman hater. And the men do crosswords or even read sometimes on the balcony so what\u2019s the difference.?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso that kid was probably thrilled to get Issy Wong\u2019s shirt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And SAG said\u201d: \u201cOf course not Piers! Instead our men go out on the lash and get p***ed up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you forgotten the Ashes series already? And let\u2019s not talk about Stokes!!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England cricket star Issy Wong has divided opinion after she was spotted celebrating the completion of a Rubik\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-799081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}