Ruth Buckstein
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| Full name | Ruth Buckstein | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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28 July 1955 Melbourne, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right arm slow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 114) | 29 August 1987 v England women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 51) | 23 January 1986 v New Zealand women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 18 December 1988 v England women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1982/83–1992/93 | New South Wales Breakers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ruth Buckstein (born 28 July 1955 in Melbourne, Australia) is a former Australian Test and ODI cricketer. A right-handed batsman, Buckstein played one Test and 16 ODIs, also scoring an ODI century.[1][2]
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
- ↑ "Player Profile: Ruth Buckstein". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- ↑ "Player Profile: Ruth Buckstein". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ↑ Peg McMahon (8 October 1973). "Ruth starts off with a dashing 61". The Age (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ↑ Smith, Heather (5 December 1988). "Australians hammer Irish in World Cup". The Age (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ↑ John Harms (19 December 2004). "The opener". The Age (Fairfax Media). Retrieved 9 May 2014.
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