Isabelle Westbury

Isabelle Westbury
Westbury in 2019
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

Isabelle "Izzy" Westbury (born 8 March 1990) is a sports journalist, lawyer, military officer and former cricketer.[1][2][3] As a cricketer, she was a right-arm off break bowler and played for Somerset and Middlesex.[4] She captained Middlesex for two seasons, in 2015 and 2016. Westbury also appeared in one One Day International.[5][6]

She was President of the Oxford Union in 2011–12.[7] 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.[8] She is a Legal Officer in the Royal Air Force.[1][3]

Early life

Born in Hammersmith, London, Westbury experienced a nomadic childhood, living in Mongolia, Malaysia, Easter Island, Syria and the Netherlands.[9] She first started playing cricket in the Netherlands, after being prevented from playing club football alongside boys beyond the age of 13, at the "very traditional club" near her house.[9]

Westbury studied for an undergraduate degree in Physiology at Hertford College, Oxford,[9][10] 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.[11] In 2011, she was elected President of the Oxford Union, having earlier served as the society's Secretary,[12][13] and was described as "the most engaging president that the Oxford Union has had in years."[7]

Cricket career

The Netherlands

Aged 13, Westbury began to play boys cricket for The Hague Cricket Club.[10][14] In 2005, aged 15, Westbury made her debut for the Netherlands during the European Championship in Wales.[15]

England

Westbury won a sports scholarship to Millfield School in Street, Somerset in 2006.[10] She joined Somerset for the 2007 County Championship.[15] In January 2010, Westbury was named as part of the England Academy squad for the High Performance Camp in Bangalore, India.[16] Westbury joined Middlesex in 2013, and was made captain the following year.[17] 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.[18] She specialises in conflict and criminal law.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Telegraph – Isabelle Westbury". The Daily Telegraph. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "Isabelle Westbury". The Law Society. 8 November 2019. Archived from the original on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Isabelle Westbury". Hertford College | University of Oxford. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "ESPNCricinfo – Western Storm 2016". ESPNCricinfo. 8 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Player Profile: Isabelle Westbury". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Player Profile: Izzy Westbury". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  7. 1 2 Walker, Tim (28 October 2011). "Oxford Union takes a pop at David Cameron". The Daily Telegraph.
  8. ↑ "Isabelle Westbury". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  9. 1 2 3 Lester, James (6 February 2010). "The Pro". Cherwell. Oxford Student Publications Ltd. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  10. 1 2 3 "Player Profile: Izzy Westbury". MCC University. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Varsity Hockey action sees Oxford enjoy double delight". North London Press. Tindle Newspapers Ltd. 4 March 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "Union Election Results". Cherwell. Oxford Student Publications Limited. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  14. ↑ "Other matches played by Izzy Westbury (23)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  15. 1 2 "Women's ListA Matches played by Izzy Westbury (22)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  16. ↑ "Academy squad named for Bangalore". England and Wales Cricket Board. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  17. ↑ "News in brief: Fulham U21s lose, Blues face Liverpool, Petrasso award". West London Sport. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  18. ↑ Isabelle Westbury Archived 3 November 2019 at the Wayback Machine, lawsociety.org.uk, accessed 22 November 2022

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