Hamish Rutherford
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Hamish Duncan Rutherford (born 27 April 1989) is a New Zealand
cricket
er who plays first class cricket for Otago and was selected for the New Zealand U-19s
. 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
.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who plays first class cricket for Otago and was selected for the New Zealand U-19s
New Zealand U-19 cricket team
The New Zealand Under-19 cricket team have been playing official Under-19 test matches since 1986. Former captains of the team include Stephen Fleming, Craig McMillan, Chris Cairns and Brendon McCullum...
. A left-handed batsman, occasional left-arm spin bowler and Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
specialist, Rutherford is the son of former New Zealand Test captain Ken Rutherford
Ken Rutherford (cricketer)
Kenneth Robert Rutherford is a former New Zealand cricketer who enjoyed a ten-year career with the national team, and was captain for a period. Aged 19, with a solitary first class season behind him, he was asked to open the batting for New Zealand against West Indies when the latter were at the...
and nephew of Ian Rutherford
Ian Rutherford
Ian Alexander Rutherford in Dunedin. He was a New Zealand cricketer who played for the Central Districts and the Otago. In 1978-79 in the Shell Trophy Final he batted for 625 minutes for his highest first-class store of 222 for Otago against Central Districts in New Plymouth. He is the older...
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