 Playing in the middle-order she had little to do as the opposition bowlers struggled to penetrate the New South Wales batting line-up.Blackwell made 33 runs at 33.00 in her debut season as New South Wales won the WNCL.The following season, she batted higher up the order and made 212 runs at 30.28, and was selected for the national team at the end of the season with a WNCL career total of only 245 runs.