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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Alexandra Joy Blackwell | |||
| Born | 31 August 1983 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Relations | Kate Blackwell (twin sister) Lynsey Askew (wife) | |||
| International information | ||||
| Test debut (cap 142) | 15 February 2003 v England | |||
| Last Test | 9 November 2017 v England | |||
| ODI debut (cap 97) | 29 January 2003 v England | |||
| Last ODI | 29 October 2017 v England | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 2 | |||
| T20I debut | 2 September 2005 v England | |||
| Last T20I | 22 February 2017 v New Zealand | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2001–present | New South Wales | |||
| 2008 | Berkshire | |||
| 2006–07 | Otago Sparks | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | WTest | WODI | WT20I | WNCL |
| Matches | 12 | 144 | 95 | 111 |
| Runs scored | 444 | 3492 | 1314 | 3517 |
| Batting average | 22.20 | 36.00 | 21.19 | 44.51 |
| 100s/50s | 0/4 | 3/25 | 0/1 | 4/16 |
| Top score | 74 | 114 | 61 | 157 |
| Balls bowled | 72 | 132 | 6 | 288 |
| Wickets | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| Bowling average | – | 10.50 | – | 114.50 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Best bowling | – | 2/8 | – | 1/14 |
| Catches/stumpings | 6/– | 55/– | 33/– | 43/– |
| Source: Cricinfo, 13 November 2017 | ||||
Alexandra Joy Blackwell' (born 31 August 1983) is a professional cricketer who plays for New South Wales and Australia as a specialist batsman. In October 2017, she made her 250th international appearance for the Australian women's cricket team. Her identical twin sister Kate has also played for Australia.
Personal life[]
Blackwell came out as lesbian in 2013, becoming the second international player to come out during their playing career after England's Steven Davies. She married fellow cricketer Lynsey Askew in England in 2015, a union that was not recognised in Australia until 2017.
External links[]
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| Australia Squad 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20 (1st title) |
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1 Blackwell (c) • 2 Cameron • 3 Elliott • 4 Farrell • 5 Haynes • 6 Healy • 7 Hunter • 8 Nitschke • 9 Osborne • 10 Perry • 11 Poulton • 12 Smith • 13 Sthalekar • 14 Villani • Coach: McInnes |
| Australia Squad 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20 (2nd title) |
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1 Blackwell • 2 Cameron • 3 Coyte • 4 Ebsary • 5 Fields • (c) 6 Haynes • 7 Healy • 8 Hunter • 9 Jonassen • 10 Lanning • 11 Osborne • 12 Perry • 13 Poulton • 14 Sthalekar • |
| Australia Squad 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 (3rd title) |
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1 Blackwell • 2 Bolton • 3 Cameron • 4 Coyte • 5 Farrell • 6 Ferling • 7 Healy • 8 Hunter • 9 Jonassen • 10 Kimmince • 11 Lanning • (c) 12 Mooney • 13 Osborne • 14 Perry • 15 Villani • |
| Australia Squad 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20 (Runners-Up) |
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17 Lanning • (c) 2 Blackwell • (vc) 14 Beams • 1 Cheatle • 13 Coyte • 5 Ferling • 48 Harris • 77 Healy • 21 Jonassen • 6 Mooney • 25 Osborne • 8 Perry • 3 Schutt • 4 Villani • Coach: Mott |
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