Isabelle Westbury
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Calling the shots for @triplemcricket while on leave from @RoyalAirForce #noordinaryjob | Ex-@Middlesex_CCC skipper | @LordsTaverners 🏃🏻♀️
Flying a desk
Joined May 2011
Maradonna at 60, George Best at 59 but Shane Warne at 52. All feels mad.
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“Eoin, do you think you had the luck of the Irish with you today?”. [Laughing] “Well, Adil said we had Allah on our side too, so we had that as well. It’s the rub of the green. “It’s also reflective of our team; we’re a diverse side & we brought that togethr today.”. #CWC19Final.
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Oh hello just *look* at the number of men all of a sudden now tweeting about women's cricket. #ENGvIND.
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The only thing this pitch does is distinguish the best from the rest. Foakes with the gloves; Ashwin with the ball; Kohli with the bat. Which, tbh, is exactly what you'd want conditions to do: demonstrate ridiculous skill. Enjoy it. #INDvENG.
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A minute's silence for the victims of the Peshawar attacks and for Shane Warne at the Rawalpindi stadium this morning. #PAKvAUS
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Pakistan, you beauty. A privilege to have borne witness to a small part of history. Congratulations & good luck to all involved for the rest, both now and long into the future. #PAKvAUS
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Wonderful to be in Pakistan. Such a warm welcome. So much so that I hope that my brilliant Australia-based colleague & friend @beastieboy07, an astute observer of all cricket, anywhere, between any nation, is soon granted his visa to cover the #PAKvAUS series as only he can.
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God give me the confidence of Virat Kohli, on the verge of reviewing having been clean bowled. #INDvENG.
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Holy shit the BCCI have just announced a full women's IPL.
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England spent more days in isolation to enter Australia than it took them to lose the #ashes.
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Lol. You wait a whole winter of cricket for a century opening stand and Pakistan literally do it at the first time of asking. #PAKvAUS.
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On the contrary, this is glorious. The run out, the strut, the headband. the damn friggin mic drop. You go queen, imma right behind you. 👑.
I get that it's legal. I get that it's part of the rules. But a tiny piece of my heart breaks seeing this happen at U19s level. I guess this is where the game is going.
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Love that #PAKvAUS series trophy has Benaud-Qadir names to it. Benaud only played 4Ts v Pak, but all were in Pak & he led that brilliant '59 tour, where an incredibly slow day 4 of the 3rd T was famously watched by US Pres Eisenhower. First & last US Pres to watch Test cricket. .
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The one on the left was labelled "Quick-thinking Foakes stumps Balbirnie". The same news site asks whether Bairstow's dismissal is “The most controversial moment of the Ashes so far?" #fairgame
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Pakistan's Interior Minister, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, is at Rawalpindi. Emphasises Head of State security for proposed NZ, Eng & Aus tours. Refers to "some ppl, esp. the Indians"(!) not being happy the tour is proceeding & "w/ the happiness of Pakistani ppl, who r cricket lovers."
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Women's tennis should be five sets and women's Test cricket should go five days. Cheers, bye. #ausopen.
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Some news. After yrs working in int'l criminal law, earlier this yr I took the leap into conflict law (timing) & commissioned as a @RoyalAirForce Legal Officer. Yes, I have a sword. No, I don't fly the planes. And no, I'm still not gd w/ heirarchy. Also, hence little cricket.
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I mean, where is Pujara.
TEAM - Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma (vc), KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ishan Kishan (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Rahul Chahar, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Varun Chakravarthy, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohd Shami. #TeamIndia.
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There is something quite special about Mohammed Siraj, the son of a Hyderabad auto-rickshaw driver, bowling his side to victory amongst the popping champagne corks of Lord's. What. A. Game. #ENGvIND.
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Everyone's talking about all the chaps and their uniforms but there's only one showstopper
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Okay if Pakistan win the WC then the Netherlands should rock up to the trophy lifting and pull a full John Terry. It's the least they deserve. #NZvPAK.
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I would pay incredibly good money to watch Ravichandran Ashwin deliver the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture.
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The yorker king. 🙌🏼.
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In honour of T20's most successful journeyman embarking on his 10th T20 title chase with RCB. Dan Christian as soft drinks: a thread 👇🏻 . Coca-Cola. #IPL2021
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Imam-ul-Haq joins David Steele, Clive Lloyd and Nicole Bolton as my favourite bespectacled batters. Jack Leach an honorary mention for the greatest four-eyed caresser of important singles. #PAKvAUS.
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Nice of Novak Djokovic to ensure that England men's Test cricket team are not the most disappointing foreign athletes currently in Australia.
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"This tour is more than just about cricket. It is a result of teamwork, sincerity and mutual respect.". Faisal Hasnain, PCB CEO. 24 years. Goosebump stuff. Just an hour away. #PAKvAUS
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So India's chaps used to dominate world hockey before they became so ridiculous at cricket. Doing both just doesn't seem fair, tbh. #INDvGBR.
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The best thing the English did this winter was to ensure Usman Khawaja got back to the stage on which he belongs: Test cricket. You're welcome. #PAKvAUS.
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Illegal to be this good at cricket, look like Adonis and be so compassionate, switched on and ultimately downright generous. ♥️.
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There are currently no women's Test matches on any confirmed schedule, anywhere, for any nation. #ashes.
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Worst thing about that declaration is that it has denied Bumrah his maiden 10-fa #AUSvIND 😭.
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Marnus Labuschagne is the kind of character for whom the term "in small doses" was created. #ashes.
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The player of the match award is a belt buckle from the Australian indigenous tour of England in 1868. Feels pretty much spot on that it be given to only the second man, of 463 to play Tests for Aus, who is of Aboriginal origin. Spine-tingling stuff. #ashes.
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Shane Warne's management have confirmed that he has just died of a suspected heart attack at 52. CA and the Aus men's Test team yet to release a statement as they've just arrived back at the team hotel after day 1 of the 1st #PAKvAUS. Expecting more imminently.
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Well the women are playing their 1st home Test in 2 yrs on a used wicket, 'cos there was a men's T20 Blast match on it last wk. "Obviously not ideal," says Heather Knight, ever the diplomat. Tried to change it. Request denied. I'm not a diplomat: bloody shambles, imo. #ENGvIND.
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Sophia Dunkley has just been presented with a Test cap. First black woman to play Test cricket for England. Momentous. #ENGvIND.
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Oh Christ he’s now taken 4 wickets for fewer runs than he got hit for in those 4 balls and I ain’t even gonna talk about the state he left the likes of Root and Stokes in. I take it all back, I take it all back. 🫢 #ENGvIND.
Bumrah got hit for more runs in four balls there than Anderson conceded in half a day yesterday… #INDvENG.
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There is. so much wrong with the world, with cricket and this Ashes. but here's a dad with his two daughters peeking through the SCG nets at a couple of Aussie batters. And this is what I'm here for. #ashes
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Crying inside, but cor what a lovely moment to commentate on. A privilege. #ashes.
Here's the moment Usman Khawaja brought up his 💯 at the SCG!
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And yes, obviously I was so harrowed by the Ashes that I've just decided to join the Australian press pack. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, yada yada. But really, I just wanted any excuse to go. I've found it. Happy, happy days.
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Nice of the England boys to get this Test match finished just before England women start their series 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽#ashes.
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Soooo. this is when @CountyChamp cricket comes into its own, right?. Low crowd numbers, non-contact sport, huge open space. All other sports comps cease and county cricket will be the only sporting event still going, live on terrestrial tv. Finally, our time has come.
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England men's cricket team just proving Newton's Third Law of Motion: for every brilliant red-ball result, there is an equally catastrophic and opposite white-ball result. And never the twain shall meet. The end. #ENGvIND.
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Blondes do indeed have way more fun 😂😂😂.
I love how at a cricket match, this reporter finds a way to ask a white lady “why ain’t you cooking at home?” Because why should she be working when it’s pakora time #auratmarch #march8internationalwomensday #YouKnowSamosa #pakora #samosa #triangle . Original video in thread
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17 attempts and not a single England team have registered a win in Australia this winter. Now, where's that drink? #ashes 👋🏽.
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Root pre-Bazball: avg. 49.2 @ 54.7 SR. Root in Bazball: avg. 51.5 @ 74.8 SR. Bazball suits Joe Root just fine. #INDvENG.
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Pakistan are the inverse of South Africa: never look like winning a tournie & yet always manage to scarper through to final stages. #PAKvSL.
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After Haris Rauf, Fawad Ahmed is the 2nd from the PSL's Lahore Qalanders in the #PAKvAUS playing/coaching contingent to test +ve for Covid. Hope a) he's okay and b) it doesn't take out anyone else.l.
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India's women cricketers told they will receive prize money from T20 World Cup by end of week. I love my job.
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Some professional news 👇🏽. I've left my Telegraph & BBC roles. Won't be covering live cricket this summer. Pursuing a long-held ambition outside sport. Love cricket; want to continue to. Looking forward to watching more women thrive in sports journalism - industry needs 'em ✌🏽.
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Wouldn't be the first high profile cricketer to care more about rhinos than other human beings, either.
Worth reminding people, De Kock has no problem with symbols. When he got a century vs the West Indies this summer he showed solidarity with Rhinos. He clearly draws the line at anti-racism solidarity. You lot dress it up how you want
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Maroof, Maroof. Maroof was on fire. #AUSvPAK 🙌🏽.
Captain @maroof_bismah returns unbeaten on 78 - highest score by our woman batter against Australia. Pakistan post 190-6 with 99-run stand between Bismah (78 off 122, 8 fours) and @aliya_riaz37 (53 off 109, 4 fours) being the highlight. #AUSvPAK #TeamPakistan #BackOurGirls
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An England captain? Scoring runs? While everyone around them falls, you say? Nah, not seen that before. #ashes.
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Notable how the cricketers from each of Pakistan & India, & indeed the majority of the *cricket* media, are so magnanimous towards each other. Everything I've seen, and read, of past encounters suggests this is almost always the case. The jingoistic noise is external. #INDvPAK.
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Honestly I hate standing up for the Aussies as much as the next person but my gawd, they play hard, ruthlessly & are damn good at it. The English aren’t the moral arbiters of the game and Christ if we were we’d be as flakey as the next nation. Umps & laws are there for a reason.
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Can't quite express how disappointing the reasons cited by the ECB to pull out of this tour are. Either an abject failure of communication or a poor decision with little regard for the implications to Pakistan cricket. 😞.
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I've never wanted to cry in a Test match as much as I do right now. Hameed, my soul, it breaks. #ENGvIND.
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If you read my cricket coverage, and the only comment that you have is over the terminology used to describe cricketers who bat, ask yourself why the fuck you are watching cricket in the first place. 🙄.
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For those shouting "spirit of cricket" @ me, pls provide a definition of what you think this is and how attempting to gain an unfair advantage, as the batter was, is within that definition. Ta.
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Make it your screensaver, your desktop background, your phone case, plaster it across your flippin walls kids that is the best catch you will see this season in an England shirt. Don’t Ben Stokes me. #ENGvWI 🤫
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Stuart Broad since the onset of the pandemic. • with headband: 33w for 519r @ 15.7. • without headband: 6w for 244r @ 40.7. The only statistics you need, tbh. #ENGvIND
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Exclusive: India women cricketers still owed 'life-changing' prize money by BCCI from 2020 World Cup. 14 months ago.
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Mitchell Starc was celebrating that wicket before it had even reached Burns' bat. He just knew. #ashes.
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When Australian captain Riche Benaud saw US President Eisenhower wearing a Pakistan blazer, gifted to him by the team, Benaud jokingly remarked: "Mr President… you have joined the other camp." #PAKvAUS.
Check out Kat’s TV clobber. He’s on @1116sen now with @izzywestbury, Waqar Younis and Rob Key to join through the session. #PAKvAUS
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Gulbadin, who got hit for 10 off his last over, bringing himself back on for the final over to defend 6 is club captain shithousery at its best. #PAKvAFG.
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Australia's Tayla Vlaeminck is bowling just under 120kph, which is. faster than Ollie Robinson in Hobart. #ashes.
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@MichaelVaughan And done in three. This one will likely be over in four. One of many examples. Just seems a real shame that this is persistently focused on when Eng tour the subcontinent. Conversation needs to move on imo (#onon?).
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