Ruth Buckstein

Ruth Buckstein (born 28 July 1955) is an Australian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in one Test match and 16 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1986 and 1988. She played domestic cricket for Victoria.^[1][2]

Ruth Buckstein

Personal information
Full name	Ruth Buckstein
Born	(1955-07-28) 28 July 1955 (age 70) Melbourne, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm medium
Role	Batter
International information
National side	Australia (1986–1988)
Only Test (cap 114)	29 August 1987 v England
ODI debut (cap 51)	23 January 1986 v New Zealand
Last ODI	18 December 1988 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1978/79–1987/88	Victoria
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WFC WLA Matches 1 16 26 43 Runs scored 85 511 957 1,136 Batting average 42.50 42.58 34.17 31.55 100s/50s 0/1 2/1 1/6 2/4 Top score 83 105* 121* 105* Balls bowled – – 42 – Wickets – – 1 – Bowling average – – 19.00 – 5 wickets in innings – – 0 – 10 wickets in match – – 0 – Best bowling – – 1/2 – Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/– 9/– 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 4 January 2023

Early life

Buckstein played softball for the Victorian state team before her first club cricket match appearance in 1973. At the time, Buckstein was an undergraduate student at Monash University.^[3]

Cricket career

A right-handed batter, Buckstein played one Test match and 16 WODIs, including scoring two WODI centuries.^[4][5] Her final WODI appearance was in the final of the 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup, which was won by Australia.^[6]

Buckstein played as an opener.^[7] As of 2014^[update] Buckstein and Julien Wiener are the only Jewish Australians to have represented Australia in Test cricket.^{[8][relevant?]}

One Day International centuries

Runs	Match	Opponents	City	Venue	Year
100	10	Netherlands	Perth, Australia	Willetton Sports Club (No. 1 Oval)	1988[9]
105*	15	Netherlands	Melbourne, Australia	Carey Grammar School Oval No.2	1988[10]

• Source: CricInfo^[11]