Twizell made his debut for Northumberland in the 1978 Minor Counties Championship against Cumberland.
[4] Joining Gloucestershire, he made his first-class debut for the county against the touring Zimbabweans.
[6] His only batting innings came in the Gloucestershire first-innings, with Twizell being dismissed for a duck by Kevin Cooper.
[8] He played his first List A match for Gloucestershire in 1985, against Warwickshire in the John Player Special League.
The following season, he made 4 further List A appearances in the 1986 John Player Special League, the last of which came against Northamptonshire.