Alex Blackwell announces retirement from international cricket

Australia  Alex Blackwell has decided to call it day from international and state cricket, thus ending her 15 years of international career. Further, Blackwell announced her decision after New South WWales Breakers booked a place in the 50-over Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) final.

However, Blackwell will continue to play in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL).

Overview of Alex Blackwell’s career:

The 34-year-old Blackwell is the most capped female cricketer representing Australia in 251 matches across all three formats. Since making her debut in 2003, she went on to play 12 Tests, 144 One-day Internationals, and 95 T20Is.

Blackwell has 5,250 international runs to her name; 444 in Tests, 3,492 in ODIs and 1314 in T20Is. Also, she is only the seventh Australian cricketer to score 1000 T20I runs. Further, she has three centuries to her name all in the fifty-over format.

Blackwell was part of Australia’s World Cup winning team in 2005 and 2013. She led Australia in 33 matches across the three formats, filling in on numerous occasions for former captain Jodie Fields and current skipper Meg Lanning. Along with winning a World Cup T20 title, she also led Australia to victory in the 2011 Ashes Test.

James Sutherland lauded Blackwell’s effort:

CEO of Cricket Australia, James Sutherland applauded Blackwell’s service to Australian cricket. He also lauded style of cricket and admitted that Alex played a significant role in Australia and New South Wales’ dominance over the last decade.

“Alex has been a wonderful servant to Australian Cricket, and a tremendous leader both at the national and international level. We congratulate her on an outstanding career that has spanned more than 16 years,” Sutherland said.

 

“She was a talented cricketer – a fierce competitor, hard-working and far more often than not, a winner. Alex played an instrumental role in the dominance of both the Australian and New South Wales teams over the last decade,” Sutherland added.

“We are very lucky to have had Alex and her twin sister Kate both represent Australia over a period of time, with the pair playing in many winning teams together at national and state level for NSW. There’s no doubt Alex will be missed but she should be incredibly proud of what she has achieved and the way she has competed on all stages and we wish her all the best for the future ahead,” Sutherland concluded.

Meanwhile, Blackwell will continue to play for Sydney Thunder in the Women’s Big Bash League.

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