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Full name Katherine Anne Blackwell
Born August 31, 1983, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Current age 25 years 96 days
Major teams Australia Women,New South Wales Women
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Relations Twin sister - AJ Blackwell
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
4
7
0
180
72
25.71
589
30.56
0
1
29
0
7
0
ODIs
41
34
9
475
57*
19.00
852
55.75
0
2
37
0
12
0
T20Is
6
6
3
119
43*
39.66
126
94.44
0
0
10
0
2
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
41
1
18
16
0
-
-
-
5.33
-
0
0
0
T20Is
6
1
18
27
0
-
-
-
9.00
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England Women v Australia Women at Hove, Aug 9-12, 2005 scorecard
Last Test
Australia Women v England Women at Bowral, Feb 15-18, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
India Women v Australia Women at Mysore, Dec 13, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI
Australia Women v India Women at Canberra, Nov 9, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
England Women v Australia Women at Taunton, Sep 2, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I
Australia Women v India Women at Sydney, Oct 28, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
Profile
Kate Blackwell made history with her sister Alex when they came the first set of identical twins - male or female - to play cricket for Australia. They played their first Test together on home soil in the 2006 series against India.
A former vice captain of Australia's youth team, the Commonwealth Shooting Stars, she is an attacking middle-order player and outstanding fielder in any position.
After making her ODI debut on the 2004 tour of India, she got the opportunity to show her skill in the Test arena on the 2005 Ashes tour of England. She responded with a well-constructed 72 in the second Test at Worcester to steady Australia's innings, having come to the crease with the Southern Stars precariously placed on 3 for 7.
Her attacking skills were also on display in the Twenty20 match against England at Taunton when she was again called upon to rally Australia with the score on 3 for 6. She smashed 43 from 38 balls, including five boundaries, to combine with Karen Rolton in a 147-run stand to lead Australia to their first Twenty20 victory.
Away from cricket, she studies physiotherapy at Sydney University.
Duncan Miller April 2008
