Beau Jacob Webster (born 1 December 1993) is an Australian cricketer who currently represents Tasmania and the Melbourne Stars. An all-rounder, Webster is a right-handed batter capable of bowling both right-arm medium and off spin.
Webster became the captain of Cricket Australia XI for the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup. In the first match of the cup against South Australia he scored 121, his first List A century to help lead Cricket Australia XI to just the second win in the team's history. His 229-run partnership with Jake Carder was the fourth-highest second-wicket partnership in the history of Australia's domestic List A competition. He was named the player of the match for his efforts.[7] He again top scored for Cricket Australia XI against Western Australia with 52, but after he was dismissed, the team suffered a major batting collapse and lost by 9 wickets.[8] He was Cricket Australia XI's top run scorer for the cup with 247 runs at an average of 41.16.[9]
In 2020, he decided to take advantage of his height by bowling medium pace, utilizing extra bounce on his deliveries.[10]
In 2023 he joined Essex for the One-Day Cup and was the team's leading run scorer and wicket-taker in the competition.[11] In February 2024, he was named as part of the squad for Gloucestershire ahead of the 2024 domestic season.[12][13] At the conclusion of the 2023–24 Sheffield Shield season, he was named as the player of the series, scoring 938 runs at an average of 58.62 and taking 30 wickets with an average of 29.30.[14] He became the second player in the Sheffield Shield after Garfield Sobers to score 900 runs and take 30 wickets in the same season.[15]
On 25 October 2024, he took his maiden List A five-wicket haul, taking figures of 6/17 in a spell that saw Western Australia lose 8 wickets for just 1 run.[16]
