Kathryn Anne Blackwell in Wagga Wagga, but raised in Yenda, a small rural town outside of Griffith, NSW. She and her identical twin sister Alex Blackwell

Alex Blackwell (cricketer)

Alexandra Joy Blackwell is a female cricketer who plays for New South Wales and Australia as a specialist batsman. Her identical twin sister Kate has also played for Australia....

 were part of the Australian national team

Australian women's cricket team

The Australian women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1934/5, when they lost to England two-nil in a three-Test series. Since then they have improved and are generally considered the best women's cricket team in the world...

 that won the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup

Women's Cricket World Cup

The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup is a Women's one-day international cricket competition. The first tournament was held in England in 1973, two years before the first men's ICC Cricket World Cup....

 in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. In the 2005-06 season she played for the Wellington Blaze

Wellington Blaze

Wellington Blaze is a New Zealand women's cricket team that plays one day cricket in the State League....

 in the State League

State League

The State League is the premier domestic women's one-day cricket competition in New Zealand. The competition was first competed in the 2001–02 season, when it replaced the State Insurance Cup, which had run since 1998–99. It is contested with a ten-match group stage, in which each of...

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When asked about the frequent comparisons in the Australian media of the Blackwell twins to male cricketers, she said, "We look up to them a lot, but female cricketers should be recognised for themselves, not as the equivalent of Mark Waugh or Steve Waugh or Matthew Hayden or anybody."