Ruth Buckstein

Ruth Buckstein (born 28 July 1955 in Melbourne, Australia) is a former Australian Test and ODI cricketer. A right-handed batter, Buckstein played one Test and 16 ODIs, also scoring an ODI century.[1][2]

Ruth Buckstein

Personal information
Full name	Ruth Buckstein
Born	(1955-07-28) 28 July 1955 Melbourne, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm slow
International information
National side	Australia
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
1982/83–1992/93	New South Wales Breakers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI Matches 1 16 Runs scored 85 511 Batting average 42.50 42.58 100s/50s 0/1 2/1 Top score 83 105 * Balls bowled 0 0 Wickets - - Bowling average – - 5 wickets in innings - - 10 wickets in match - - Best bowling - - Catches/stumpings 0/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 May 2014

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]

Buckstein played as an opener.[4] As of 2014 Buckstein and Julien Wiener are the only Jewish Australians to have represented Australia in Test cricket.[5]

References

1. "Player Profile: Ruth Buckstein". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
2. "Player Profile: Ruth Buckstein". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
3. Peg McMahon (8 October 1973). "Ruth starts off with a dashing 61". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
4. Smith, Heather (5 December 1988). "Australians hammer Irish in World Cup". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
5. John Harms (19 December 2004). "The opener". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 9 May 2014.

External links

• Ruth Buckstein at southernstars.org.au