Ian James Westwood (born 13 July 1982) is a former English
cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
er who played for
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class cricket, first-class county cricket, county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the Historic counties of England, historic county of ...
. He retired from cricket in June 2017.
Westwood is the club's current head coach.
Career
Westwood made his senior debut for Warwickshire in a friendly
List A
List A cricket is a classification of the Limited overs cricket, limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competit ...
match in 2001. It wasn't until 2003 until he made his
first-class debut. For the next two seasons he was in and out of the side but cemented his place at the end of the 2005 season with some consistent performances. The 2006 season brought Westwood his maiden first-class 100.
In November 2008, Westwood was appointed Warwickshire captain in succession to
Darren Maddy
Darren Lee Maddy (born 23 May 1974) is an English former professional cricketer who played for Leicestershire and Warwickshire County Cricket Clubs and for the England cricket team. Maddy made three Test match, eight One Day International (ODI ...
.
On 27 June 2017, Westwood announced his retirement from cricket.
He was appointed Warwickshire head coach in February 2025.
References
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1982 births
Living people
English cricketers
Warwickshire cricketers
Warwickshire Cricket Board cricketers
Warwickshire cricket captains
Cricketers from Birmingham, West Midlands
21st-century English sportsmen
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