Ruth Buckstein


Ruth Buckstein 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.

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.

Cricket career

A right-handed batter, Buckstein played one Test match and 16 WODIs, including scoring two WODI centuries. Her final WODI appearance was in the final of the 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup, which was won by Australia.
Buckstein played as an opener. Buckstein and Julien Wiener are the only Jewish Australians to have represented Australia in Test cricket.

One Day International centuries

  • Source: CricInfo