[8] In 2023, Cardwell made the move to Australia and joined the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the 2023 Suncorp Super Netball season where they won the championship in extra time.

[9][10] For the 2024 Suncorp Super Netball Season, Cardwell joined former Manchester Thunder coach Tracey Neville at Melbourne Mavericks.

[11] Her first call-up to a senior major international competition was the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games,[12] where England failed to medal.

[12] In 2023, Cardwell was part of the England Roses team who achieved their first ever World Cup Silver Medal in Cape Town.

[14] Cardwell was born in Blackpool and began playing netball at primary school after encouragement from her mother.