Isabelle Westbury

Isabelle Westbury
Westbury commentating in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Isabelle Mary Geraldine Westbury
Born (1990-03-08) 8 March 1990 (age 34)
Hammersmith, London, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only ODI (cap 67)19 August 2005 v Ireland
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–2012Somerset
2013–2017Middlesex
2016Western Storm
Career statistics
Competition WODI WLA WT20
Matches 1 56 28
Runs scored 0 461 198
Batting average 0.00 12.13 13.20
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 0 43 33*
Balls bowled 60 2,281 540
Wickets 0 66 36
Bowling average 22.93 13.50
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/20 4/15
Catches/stumpings 1/– 30/0 8/–
Source: CricketArchive, 3 January 2022
Westbury chasing a ball in the field, 2016

Isabelle “Izzy” Westbury (born 8 March 1990) is a sports writer, broadcaster, lawyer and former cricketer.[1][2] As a cricketer, she played as a right-arm off break bowler, playing for Somerset and Middlesex, as well as being part of the Western Storm squad in 2016.[3] She captained Middlesex for two seasons, in 2015 and 2016. Westbury also appeared in one One Day International.[4][5]

She was President of the Oxford Union in 2011–12.[6] Westbury retired from playing cricket in 2017 and went on to work as a print and broadcast journalist for The Daily Telegraph and the BBC.[7] She is also a criminal lawyer.[1]

  1. ^ a b "The Telegraph – Isabelle Westbury". The Daily Telegraph. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Isabelle Westbury". The Law Society. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. ^ "ESPNCricinfo – Western Storm 2016". ESPNCricinfo. 8 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Player Profile: Isabelle Westbury". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Player Profile: Izzy Westbury". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. ^ Walker, Tim (28 October 2011). "Oxford Union takes a pop at David Cameron". The Daily Telegraph.
  7. ^ "Isabelle Westbury". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 January 2022.