Isabelle "Izzy" Westbury (born 8 March 1990) is a sports journalist, lawyer, military officer and former cricketer. As a cricketer, she was a right-arm off break bowler and played for Somerset and Middlesex. She captained Middlesex for two seasons, in 2015 and 2016. Westbury also appeared in one One Day International.
She was President of the Oxford Union in 2011–12. 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. In 2021, Westbury joined the Triple M radio commentary team as an on-air commentator for the 2021-2022 Ashes series. She is a Legal Officer in the Royal Air Force.
Early life Born in Hammersmith, London, Westbury experienced a nomadic childhood, living in Mongolia, Malaysia, Easter Island, Syria and the Netherlands. 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.
Westbury studied for an undergraduate degree in physiology at Hertford College, Oxford, 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. In 2011, she was elected President of the Oxford Union, having earlier served as the society's Secretary, and was described as "the most engaging president that the Oxford Union has had in years."
Cricket career The Netherlands Aged 13, Westbury began to play boys cricket for The Hague Cricket Club. In 2005, aged 15, Westbury made her debut for the Netherlands during the European Championship in Wales.
England Westbury won a sports scholarship to Millfield School in Street, Somerset in 2006. She joined Somerset for the 2007 County Championship. In January 2010, Westbury was named as part of the England Academy squad for the High Performance Camp in Bangalore, India. Westbury joined Middlesex in 2013, and was made captain the following year. In 2016, she signed for the Western Storm in the inaugural Kia Super League. Westbury retired from playing cricket the following season.
Legal career Westbury qualified as a lawyer in 2018, and serves as a Legal Officer in the Royal Air Force.Isabelle Westbury , lawsociety.org.uk, accessed 22 November 2022 She specialises in conflict and criminal law.
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