Hamish Duncan Rutherford 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 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. 

April 27th, 1989 in Dunedin (Age 35)