Isabelle Westbury

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]

Isabelle Westbury
Westbury commentating in 2018
Personal information
Full name
Isabelle Mary Geraldine Westbury
Born (1990-03-08) 8 March 1990
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

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]

Early life

Born in Hammersmith, London, Westbury experienced a nomadic childhood, living in Mongolia, Malaysia, Easter Island and Syria before arriving in the Netherlands.[8] She attended The British School in the Netherlands from 2001 to 2006.[9] It was in the Netherlands that she first started playing cricket, after being prevented from playing club football alongside boys beyond the age of 13, at the "very traditional club" near her house.[8]

Westbury studied for an undergraduate degree in Physiology at Hertford College, Oxford,[8][9] graduating in 2013. In addition to her cricket career, she also played hockey for Oxford, achieving her Blue by playing in the Varsity Hockey Match against Cambridge in March 2010.[10] In 2011, she was elected as President of the Oxford Union, having earlier served as the society's secretary,[11][12] and was described as "the most engaging president that the Oxford Union has had in years".[6]

Cricket career

The Netherlands

At the age of thirteen, Westbury began to play boys cricket for The Hague Cricket Club,[9] and at the age of fourteen she was picked for the national side, making her first appearance at the 2004 European Under-21 Championships.[13]

In 2005, aged 15, Westbury represented the senior Netherlands side for the first time during the 2005 European Championship in Wales.[14]

England

Westbury started at Millfield School in Street, Somerset in 2006 on a sports scholarship.[9] She joined Somerset for the 2007 County Championship.[14]

Remaining with Somerset in 2008, she claimed her first wicket for the county during their first match of the season, having Surrey opener Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent caught.[15] She appeared in the Super Fours—a competition in which the England selectors place the 48 leading players into four teams—for the first time in 2008, representing the Diamonds in both the 50-over and 20-over forms of the game.[14][16]

In January 2010, Westbury was named as part of the England Academy squad for the High Performance Camp in Bangalore, India.[17] Westbury joined Middlesex in 2013, and was made captain the following year.[18] In 2016, she signed for the Western Storm in the inaugural Kia Super League. Westbury retired from playing cricket the following season.

Westbury qualified as a lawyer in 2018, and serves as a Legal Officer in the Royal Air Force.[19] She has a specialism in criminal law.[1]

References
  1. "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.
  8. Lester, James (6 February 2010). "The Pro". Cherwell. Oxford Student Publications Ltd. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  9. "Player Profile: Izzy Westbury". MCC University. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  10. "Varsity Hockey action sees Oxford enjoy double delight". North London Press. Tindle Newspapers Ltd. 4 March 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  11. "Union Tribunal goes West for Jack Sennett". Cherwell. Oxford Student Publications Limited. 14 March 2011. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  12. "Union Election Results". Cherwell. Oxford Student Publications Limited. 30 November 2010. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  13. "Other matches played by Izzy Westbury (23)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  14. "Women's ListA Matches played by Izzy Westbury (22)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  15. "Surrey Women v Somerset Women". CricketArchive. 18 May 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  16. "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Izzy Westbury (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  17. "Academy squad named for Bangalore". England and Wales Cricket Board. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  18. "News in brief: Fulham U21s lose, Blues face Liverpool, Petrasso award". West London Sport. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  19. Isabelle Westbury, lawsociety.org.uk, accessed 22 November 2022

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