Izzy Westbury

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. She is a Legal Officer in the Royal Air Force. 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. 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." 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. 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. She specialises in conflict and criminal law.