Hamish Rutherford

Personal information

Full name

Hamish Duncan Rutherford

Born

27 April 1989 (age 27)
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Batting style

Left-handed

Bowling style

Slow left-arm orthodox

Role

Opening batsman

Relations

K. R. Rutherford (father)

International information

National side

New Zealand

Test debut (cap 260)

6 March 2013 v England

Last Test

3 January 2015 v Sri Lanka

ODI debut (cap 179)

20 February 2013 v England

Last ODI

31 October 2013 v Bangladesh

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2009–present

Otago (squad no. 7)

2013

Essex

2015–present

Derbyshire

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	16	4	56	47
Runs scored	755	15	3,534	1,338
Batting average	26.96	3.75	35.69	29.08
100s/50s	1/1	0/0	8/16	3/8
Top score	171	11	239	110
Balls bowled	6	–	84	12
Wickets	0	–	0	0
Bowling average	–	–	–	–
5 wickets in innings	–	–	–	–
10 wickets in match	–	n/a	–	n/a
Best bowling	–	–	–	–
Catches/stumpings	11/–	2/–	43/–	13/–

Source: CricketArchive, 25 August 2015

Hamish Duncan Rutherford (born 27 April 1989) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays first class cricket for Otago and represents New Zealand in international cricket. A left-handed batsman, occasional left-arm spin bowler and Twenty20 specialist, Rutherford is the son of former New Zealand Test captain Ken Rutherford and nephew of Ian Rutherford. He scored a century (171) on his Test match debut against England, which is the seventh-highest score on debut. It is also second on the list for a left-handed debutant and a test opener on debut, in both cases behind Jacques Rudolph. It has been announced that Rutherford will be playing for Auckland in the 2015-16. He signed a contract extension with Derbyshire in 2015 for the 2016 Season.

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