Born at High Wycombe,Buckinghamshire,her parents (Barun Guha and Roma née Deb) emigrated from Calcutta in West Bengal,India to the United Kingdom in the 1970s.[3] Guha started playing cricket with her older brother when she was about eight[3] and was selected for the Development England side aged 13.[4]
In 2016,Guha was a member of the inaugural Triple M radio Test cricket commentary team in Australia.[25] In 2018,she was a commentator for Sky Sports for the England/Pakistan Test matches,[26] and was named as a commentator for Fox Cricket for their Australian cricket coverage.[27] She was also a member of the commentary team at the 2019 Cricket World Cup.[28] In 2020 she was the lead presenter of a new BBC TV Test and ODI cricket highlights show.[29][30]
Isa Guha is an Ambassador (or "Supporter")[34] for Sporting Equals[35] and the British Asian Trust.[24][36] In 2023,she launched the Got Your Back initiative in order to support female cricket players.[37]
Personal life
On 16 September 2018,Guha married her long-time boyfriend,British musician Richard Thomas,a member of the band Brother &Bones.[38]
In 2024,Guha found herself in the middle of a controversy after referring to Indian player Jasprit Bumrah on commentary as the "most valuable primate". She later issued an apology to Bumrah.[39]
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