Alex Blackwell

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alex Blackwell
Occupation	Cricket Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 31, 1983(1983-08-31)
Age	41
Birthplace	Australia
Country	Australia
Horoscope	Virgo

Alex Blackwell Biography

Alex Blackwell is one of the most popular and richest Cricket Player who was born on August 31, 1983 in Australia, Australia. Specialist batsman and Australian captain who made her test debut in 2003 against England.

While playing for Australia she has been teammates with Jess Cameron.

Alexandra Joy Blackwell (born 31 August 1983) is a former professional cricketer who played 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. In November 2019, she announced her retirement from cricket, after a career that spanned eighteen years. Her identical twin sister Kate has also played for Australia.

Blackwell was in Australia’s squad for the Women’s Ashes. In the first WODI of the series she came to the crease when Australia were 4/87, still requiring 144 runs for victory. She batted for the rest of the innings, getting to a total of 67 and steering Australia to victory in the final over of the match. In the third WODI of the series, she played in her 250th international match for Australia Women.

She has an identical twin sister, Kate, who has also played cricket internationally for Australia.

Alex Blackwell Net Worth

Alex Blackwell is one of the richest Cricket Player from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alex Blackwell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She began her career in 2001, playing for New South Wales in the Women’s National Cricket League.

She helped lead Australia to the 2005 World Cup title.

At the end of the season, Blackwell was called into the national team for a quadrangular ODI tournament held in Lincoln in New Zealand. In addition to the hosts and Australia, England and India were also competing. Each team played two matches against the other three teams in the round-robin phase. Blackwell made her debut in Australia’s second match, against England, but neither batted nor bowled in a seven-wicket win. In the next match, against India, she scored 27 before being run out and had unexpected success as a bowler, taking 2/8 from six overs in a 59-run win. She was left out of Australia’s fourth match, against England, but returned for the last two qualifying matches. She took 2/18 against India before making six not out as the winning runs were scored against the hosts. In the final, she made 21 as Australia scored 214 and defeated the hosts by 109 runs. Blackwell ended her first international series with 54 runs at 27.00 and four wickets at 8.50 at an economy rate of 2.61. The success with the ball is something she has not repeated. In seven years since, she had only taken two more wickets at international level. Alex Blackwell is the 97th woman to play One Day International cricket for Australia.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Alex Blackwell Dating?

According to our records, Alex Blackwell married to Lynsey Askew. As of December 1, 2023, Alex Blackwell’s is not dating anyone.

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Blackwell played in all of New South Wales’ 11 matches in the 2003–04 WNCL, scoring 183 runs at 26.14. In the fourth match of the season against South Australia, she made an unbeaten 70 in a vain attempt to secure victory in the run-chase as her state were bowled out and fell to a ten-run defeat. She was then run out twice for 26 and 23 in the two matches against reigning champions Victoria, as New South Wales tied one match and lost the next by four wickets. It was two of three instances in which Blackwell was run out during the season. New South Wales had a chance for redemption in the finals against Victoria. Blackwell made a duck—her third single-digit score in as many matches—in the first final, which the titleholders won by six wickets. In the next two matches, she was unbeaten on 13 and 16 and at the crease when the winning runs were brought up. New South Wales won the second final by five wickets and scraped home in the deciding match by three wickets to regain the WNCL title. Blackwell’s sporadic bowling—26 overs in total—yielded one wicket at 118.00 at an economy rate of 4.37.

Facts & Trivia

Alex Ranked on the list of most popular Cricket Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Alex Blackwell celebrates birthday on August 31 of every year.

Having failed to establish herself at international level in 2005, Blackwell started the 2005–06 WNCL season strongly, scoring 61 in the first match of the campaign, a seven-wicket win over Western Australia. The next day she made 130, her maiden WNCL century, setting up a 118-run win against the same team. She then top-scored with 86 in the next match against Queensland, scoring more than half of the runs in a successful run-chase of 3/161. After a run of three scores of 10 or less, Blackwell made 36 and 30 as New South Wales won both matches against Victoria in their last double-header of the season. New South Wales won seven of their eight matches to qualify for the finals against Queensland. In the first match, she scored 50 as New South Wales reached their target of 175 with eight wickets in hand, having earlier taken two catches. She made only three in the next match as New South Wales fell for 154 and lost by three wickets, before scoring 10 as her state made 146 and won by two runs to claim the WNCL. Blackwell ended the season with 411 runs at 38.36.

Top Facts about Alex Blackwell

1. Alex Blackwell is a retired Australian cricketer.
2. She was born on August 31, 1983 in New South Wales.
3. Blackwell played for the Australian women’s cricket team from 2003-2018.
4. She captained the team from 2017-2018.
5. Blackwell scored over 5000 runs in international cricket.
6. She is one of only five female cricketers to achieve this feat.
7. Blackwell won three World Cups with Australia (2005, 2013, and 2017).
8. She also won two Ashes series against England as captain (2017 and 2019).
9. In domestic cricket, Blackwell played for New South Wales Breakers and Sydney Thunder.
10. She retired from all forms of cricket in February 2020 after a successful career spanning nearly two decades.

What happened to Alex Blackwell?

In 2020, just like last year, he was set for the international tour, however, all shows were cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and because of so, Alex would not be able to drive for the year. He is currently on hiatus, and has not been set for any events as of now.

Who is Rachael Haynes partner?

Haynes’ partner is former Australian and New South Wales cricketer Leah Poulton. The couple welcomed their first child, Hugo Poulton-Haynes, together in October 2021.

How old is Alex Blackwell?

38 years (August 31, 1983)

What nationality is Mel Jones?

Australian

Who is Erin Burns married to?

Burns married her wife Anna in 2019, and has supported initiatives to include the LGBTQI community as part of the Sydney Sixers.