Ruth Buckstein

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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]

Fullname
Ruth Buckstein
Born (1955-07-28) 28 July 1955 (age 70)
Melbourne, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium
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Ruth Buckstein
Personal information
Full name
Ruth Buckstein
Born (1955-07-28) 28 July 1955 (age 70)
Melbourne, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm medium
RoleBatter
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 114)29 August 1987 v England
ODI debut (cap 51)23 January 1986 v New Zealand
Last ODI18 December 1988 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1978/79–1987/88Victoria
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
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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 Buckstein and Julien Wiener are the only Jewish Australians to have represented Australia in Test cricket.[8][relevant?]

One Day International centuries

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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]
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  • Source: CricInfo[11]

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