Hamish Duncan Rutherford (born 27 April 1989) is a New Zealand former professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Otago and represented New Zealand in international cricket. A left-handed batsman and occasional left-arm spin bowler, Rutherford is the son of former New Zealand Test captain Ken Rutherford and nephew of Ian Rutherford.[1] He was born at Dunedin in 1989 and educated at Otago Boys' High School in the city.[2]
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| Full name | Hamish Duncan Rutherford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 1989 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Opening batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 61) | 9 February 2013 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 6 September 2019 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008/09–2023/24 | Otago (squad no. 7) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Domestic career
editRutherford made his senior representative debut for Otago during the 2008–09 season.[3] He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season for Otago, with 577 runs in ten matches.[4] In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Otago for the 2018–19 season.[5] He was also the leading run-scorer for Otago in the 2018–19 Ford Trophy, with 393 runs in seven matches,[6] and the leading run-scorer for the team in the 2018–19 Super Smash, with 227 runs in nine matches.[7]
In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.[8][9] As well as Otago he played County Cricket in the UK for Essex in 2013, Derbyshire in 2015 and 2016, Worcestershire in 2019 and 2020, Glamorgan in 2021 and Leicestershire in 2022.[3]
On 18 January 2024, Rutherford announced he would retire from all forms of cricket at the end of Otago's 2023–24 Super Smash campaign at the end of the month.[10] He played in more than 450 senior matches, including more than 280 for Otago.[3]
International career
editRutherford scored 171 runs on his Test match debut against England in March 2013, at the time the seventh-highest score on debut.[11][12][13] It was the second highest score by an opening batsman in their Test debut.[14] The score was the only century of his international career.[3]
Rutherford had made his Twenty20 International (T20I) and One Day International (ODI) debut site previous month, also against England. He went on to play a total of 16 Test matches, four ODIs and eight T20Is in an international career that lasted until 2019.[3]
Concussion issues
editRutherford suffered a number of concussions playing cricket. The most recent occurred in December 2020 during training resulting in him missing several games for Otago. He had previously been hit while batting by Jofra Archer in 2019 and by Lockie Ferguson during the 2019–20 New Zealand domestic one-day final and in 2015 by Scott Kuggeleijn, a ball that resulted in Rutherford taking three months off cricket to recover.[15][16][17][18][19]
References
edit- ^ "Player Profile: Hamish Rutherford". ESPNcricinfo. February 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
- ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 116. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
- ^ a b c d e Hamish Rutherford, CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 January 2024. (subscription required)
- ^ "Plunket Shield, 2017/18 – Otago: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "The Ford Trophy, 2018/19 – Otago: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "Super Smash, 2018/19 – Otago: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts". Stuff. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Hamish Rutherford announces retirement from all forms of cricket". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Rain respite for England after Rutherford 171". Wisden India. 8 March 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013.
- ^ "Highest score on Test debut". ESPNcricinfo. 8 March 2013.
- ^ "New Zealand look to a Rutherford again". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ Hamish Rutherford scores century on debut, New Zealand vs England 2013
- ^ Seconi, Adrian (4 December 2020). "Rutherford out with concussion". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ Seconi, Adrian (11 December 2020). "Batsman 'fine' about continuing in game". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Left-handers fire Auckland Aces to win over Otago Volts in dramatic Ford Trophy final". Stuff. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "England fast bowler Jofra Archer's frightening warning for Black Caps". Stuff. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Archer's pace can help England undo New Zealand, says Sibley". The Independent. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2021.