England might have lost the historic maiden women’s Test at Lord’s against India by a massive 270 runs but another story from the match had gotten viral on the internet.

Towards the end of the four-day Test, England pacer Issy Wong was seen completing a Rubik’s Cube, and celebrating finishing it. Her reaction copped flak from sections of English fans as the host was moving towards an embarassing defeat.

But in a light-hearted discussion on the Tailenders podcast, she revealed how the whole viral moment involved interaction with a young fan.

“I was the next batter and I had all this nervous energy. Alice Capsey looked at me and asked ‘You all right?’. And I asked ‘do you have a Rubik’s Cube on you?’ She’s like ‘yeah, yeah, I have one in my bag’,” Wong began narrating.

“I found that when I was doing something, it calmed me down a lot. I’ve been doing it for 5-10 overs, and the heart rate’s back to 150. It was somewhere near 180,” she added.

“Across the balcony at Lord’s, where the members sit, there’s this kid sitting in the corner called Alex and he starts waving at me.

I was like ‘you’re behind the bowler’s arms, stop waving’. I was wondering what he was waving at. It was his Rubik’s Cube. He asks me ‘do you want to race?’ I said that I’d love to but we’d have wait till drinks because I’m in next, Wong went on.

Then the boy threw the Cube over, the former Mumbai Indians bowler said. Fellow pacer Lauren Filer scrambled it and threw it back. It was England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt who was their “independent adjudicator” as she gave them a 3, 2, 1 countdown.

“I beat him,” Wong smiled. “And he had a deal that if he won, he would get a shirt.

If I won, I would get his signature. One of the girls said that I should give him a shirt anyway.”

A comical visual followed. When she tried to throw it over, the “biggest gust of wind” delayed the exchange as the shirt fell down into one of the stands below the balconies. And it was England head coach Charlotte Edwards, present there, who had scoop the shirt and return it.

Wong bowled a combined 26 overs and took two wickets, including that of Smriti Mandhana in the first innings, in the match.

Published on Jul 17, 2026