Final Season
In the first match of the 2009–10 WNCL season, Andrews scored 22 to push New South Wales to 198 before taking 0/28 from seven overs in a 15-run win. The following day, she took 3/26 in a 19-run win. After taking only one wicket in the two matches against the Australian Capital Territory, Andrews claimed 2/21 and 3/29 in the two matches against Victoria. She took only one wicket in the double-header against Western Australia before taking 2/8 from six overs and 1/33 in the last two matches against South Australia, which New South Wales won to qualify for the final. Andrews scored two not out as the defending champions batted first and made 9/206. She then took 1/18 from 5.1 overs as they bowled the Victorians out for 147 to claim a fifth successive WNCL title. Andrews finished the season with 14 wickets at 19.28 and an economy rate of 3.22. She scored 42 runs at 14.00 for the season.
During the season, the T20 matches were expanded into a six-round competition and final. Andrews played in all of New South Wales' seven matches and took five wickets at 21.20 and an economy rate of 4.60; she added 21 runs at 21.00. Her best bowling of 2/22 came from four overs in the qualifying match against Victoria, which New South Wales lost by seven runs. The two teams met again in the final and Andrews took 1/12 from four overs including a maiden as Victoria reached 5/127. In reply, Andrews made 15, one of the few batsmen to reach double figures as New South Wales capitulated for 75 and lost the title-deciding match.
In the 2010 Rose Bowl series after the WNCL, Andrews played in the first four of the five ODIs during the Australian leg of the competition. She took 2/18 and 2/20, both from five overs as Australia won both of the matches at the Adelaide Oval. The series then moved to the Junction Oval in Melbourne and Andrews took 1/12 from four overs and 2/29 from nine overs in the next two matches. She was not required to bat and ended with seven wickets at 11.28 at an economy rate of 3.43 as Australia completed a clean sweep.
The ODIs were followed by five T20 internationals, three at Bellerive Oval in Hobart and the last two in New Zealand. Andrews played in all but the last match, but had little success, taking one wicket at 97.00 and an economy rate of 6.46 and she batted once, scoring one not out. New Zealand won all five T20s. Andrews then played in all three ODIs on New Zealand soil, taking one wicket in each match as Australia completed a clean sweep. She ended with three wickets at 38.00 at an economy rate of 4.07.
Upon returning to Australia, Andrews retired from competitive cricket. She took 54 ODI wickets at 21.14, ranking her equal ninth among all Australians.
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