{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Hamish Rutherford | image = | country = New Zealand | fullname = Hamish Duncan Rutherford | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|4|27}} | birth_place = Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox | role = Opening batsman | family = {{ubl|Ken Rutherford (father)|Ian Rutherford (uncle)}} | international = true | internationalspan = 2013–2019 | testdebutdate = 6 March | testdebutyear = 2013 | testdebutagainst = England | testcap = 260 | lasttestdate = 3 January | lasttestyear = 2015 | lasttestagainst = Sri Lanka | odidebutdate = 20 February | odidebutyear = 2013 | odidebutagainst = England | odicap = 179 | lastodidate = 31 October | lastodiyear = 2013 | lastodiagainst = Bangladesh | T20Idebutdate = 9 February | T20Idebutyear = 2013 | T20Idebutagainst = England | T20Icap = 61 | lastT20Idate = 6 September | lastT20Iyear = 2019 | lastT20Iagainst = Sri Lanka
| club1 = Otago | year1 = {{nowrap|2008/09–2023/24}} | clubnumber1 = 7 | club2 = Essex | year2 = 2013 | club3 = Derbyshire | year3 = 2015–2016 | club4 = Worcestershire | year4 = 2019–2020 | club5 = Glamorgan | year5 = 2021 | club6 = Leicestershire | year6 = 2022 | columns = 4 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 16 | runs1 = 755 | bat avg1 = 26.96 | 100s/50s1 = 1/1 | top score1 = 171 | deliveries1 = 6 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 11/– | column2 = ODI | matches2 = 4 | runs2 = 15 | bat avg2 = 3.75 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 11 | deliveries2 = – | wickets2 = – | bowl avg2 = – | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = – | catches/stumpings2 = 2/– | column3 = FC | matches3 = 130 | runs3 = 7,863 | bat avg3 = 35.26 | 100s/50s3 = 17/40 | top score3 = 239 | deliveries3 = 222 | wickets3 = 1 | bowl avg3 = 113.00 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 1/26 | catches/stumpings3 = 76/– | column4 = LA | matches4 = 127 | runs4 = 4,326 | bat avg4 = 37.61 | 100s/50s4 = 13/19 | top score4 = 155 | deliveries4 = 66 | wickets4 = 1 | bowl avg4 = 54.00 | fivefor4 = 0 | tenfor4 = 0 | best bowling4 = 1/4 | catches/stumpings4 = 34/– | date = 28 January | year = 2024 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/331375.html CricInfo }}
'''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.<ref name="cricpro">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/331375.html|title=Player Profile: Hamish Rutherford|date=February 2008|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2009-08-13}}</ref> He was born at Dunedin in 1989 and educated at Otago Boys' High School in the city.<ref name=mc>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}} ([https://archive.acscricket.com/cricketers_series/new_zealand_cricketers_1863-64_2010/index.html Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)</ref>
==Domestic career== Rutherford made his senior representative debut for Otago during the 2008–09 season.<ref name=ca>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/260/260154/260154.html Hamish Rutherford], CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 January 2024. {{subscription required}}</ref> He was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 Plunket Shield season for Otago, with 577 runs in ten matches.<ref name="1718Plunket">{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12046;team=2621;type=tournament |title=Plunket Shield, 2017/18 – Otago: Batting and bowling averages |access-date=4 April 2018 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> In June 2018, he was awarded a contract with Otago for the 2018–19 season.<ref name="con1819">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23797021/central-districts-drop-jesse-ryder-contracts-list |title=Central Districts drop Jesse Ryder from contracts list |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=15 June 2018}}</ref> He was also the leading run-scorer for Otago in the 2018–19 Ford Trophy, with 393 runs in seven matches,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12655;team=2621;type=tournament |title=The Ford Trophy, 2018/19 – Otago: Batting and bowling averages |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=1 December 2018}}</ref> and the leading run-scorer for the team in the 2018–19 Super Smash, with 227 runs in nine matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12658;team=2621;type=tournament |title=Super Smash, 2018/19 – Otago: Batting and bowling averages |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>
In June 2020, he was offered a contract by Otago ahead of the 2020–21 domestic cricket season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29312525/daryl-mitchell,-jeet-raval-finn-allen-major-domestic-moves |title=Daryl Mitchell, Jeet Raval and Finn Allen among major domestic movers in New Zealand |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/121831138/auckland-lose-jeet-raval-to-northern-districts-finn-allen-to-wellington-in-domestic-contracts |title=Auckland lose Jeet Raval to Northern Districts, Finn Allen to Wellington in domestic contracts |work=Stuff |date=15 June 2020 |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref name=ca/>
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.<ref name=retire>{{Cite web |title=Hamish Rutherford announces retirement from all forms of cricket |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/hamish-rutherford-announces-retirement-from-all-forms-of-cricket-1417139 |access-date=2024-01-19 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref> He played in more than 450 senior matches, including more than 280 for Otago.<ref name=ca/>
==International career== Rutherford scored 171 runs on his Test match debut against England in March 2013, at the time the seventh-highest score on debut.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wisdenindia.com/match-report/rain-respite-england-rutherford-171/53822|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412041912/http://www.wisdenindia.com/match-report/rain-respite-england-rutherford-171/53822|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 April 2013|title=Rain respite for England after Rutherford 171|publisher=Wisden India|date=8 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;debut_or_last=1;filter=advanced;orderby=high_score;template=results;type=batting|title=Highest score on Test debut |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=8 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=New Zealand look to a Rutherford again|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/new-zealand-look-to-a-rutherford-again-624037|access-date=2021-01-09|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref> It was the second highest score by an opening batsman in their Test debut.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130413232256/http://www.3news.co.nz/VIDEO-Hamish-Rutherford-scores-century-on-debut-New-Zealand-Vs-England-2013/tabid/415/articleID/289471/Default.aspx Hamish Rutherford scores century on debut, New Zealand vs England 2013]</ref> The score was the only century of his international career.<ref name=ca/>
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.<ref name=ca/>
== Concussion issues == Rutherford 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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Seconi|first=Adrian|date=2020-12-04|title=Rutherford out with concussion|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/rutherford-out-concussion|access-date=2021-01-09|website=Otago Daily Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Seconi|first=Adrian|date=2020-12-11|title=Batsman 'fine' about continuing in game|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/batsman-%E2%80%98fine%E2%80%99-about-continuing-game|access-date=2021-01-09|website=Otago Daily Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-16|title=Left-handers fire Auckland Aces to win over Otago Volts in dramatic Ford Trophy final|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/119482856/lefthanders-fire-auckland-aces-to-win-over-otago-volts-in-dramatic-ford-trophy-final|access-date=2021-01-09|website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-18|title=England fast bowler Jofra Archer's frightening warning for Black Caps|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/117520897/england-fast-bowler-jofra-archers-frightening-warning-for-black-caps|access-date=2021-01-09|website=Stuff |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-19|title=Archer's pace can help England undo New Zealand, says Sibley|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/new-zealand-england-test-series-jofra-archer-dom-sibley-latest-news-a9208706.html|access-date=2021-01-09|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref>
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