 She was not required to bat as Australia won with seven wickets in hand.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.