Sherfane Rutherford

Sherfane Eviston Rutherford (born 15 August 1998) is a Guyanese cricketer. He made his Twenty20 International debut for the West Indies against Bangladesh on 22 December 2018 and his One Day International debut in December 2023 against England.^[1]

Sherfane Rutherford

Personal information
Full name	Sherfane Eviston Rutherford
Born	(1998-08-15) 15 August 1998 (age 26)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Middle-order batter
International information
National side	West Indies
ODI debut (cap 220)	3 December 2023 v England
Last ODI	3 December 2023 v England
T20I debut (cap 78)	22 December 2018 v Bangladesh
Last T20I	13 February 2024 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2016/17–present	Guyana
2018–2020	Guyana Amazon Warriors
2019	Delhi Capitals
2019/20	Sylhet Thunder
2020	Karachi Kings
2021–2022	Peshawar Zalmi
2021–present	St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
2021	Colombo Stars
2022	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2024	Desert Vipers
2024	Quetta Gladiators
2024	Kolkata Knight Riders
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC T20 Matches 3 19 17 134 Runs scored 72 333 486 2,299 Batting average 24.00 27.75 23.14 24.98 100s/50s 0/1 0/2 0/3 0/12 Top score 63 68* 93 78 Balls bowled 24 42 1,355 239 Wickets 1 1 33 9 Bowling average 24.00 72.00 23.72 39.66 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/24 1/21 6/32 3/19 Catches/stumpings 1/– 5/– 12/– 46/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 July 2024

Domestic and T20 career

Rutherford made his first-class debut for Guyana in the 2016–17 Regional Four-Day Competition on 15 April 2017.^[2] He made his List A debut for Guyana in the 2017–18 Regional Super50 on 31 January 2018.^[3]

In June 2018, Rutherford was named in the Cricket West Indies B Team squad for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.^[4] He was the leading run-scorer in the tournament for the Cricket West Indies B Team, with 230 runs in eight matches.^[5]

Rutherford made his Twenty20 debut for Guyana Amazon Warriors in the 2018 Caribbean Premier League on 9 August 2018.^[6]

In October 2018, Rutherford was named in the squad for the Khulna Titans team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.^[7] In December 2018, he was bought by the Delhi Capitals in the player auction for the 2019 Indian Premier League.^[8][9]

In June 2019, Rutherford was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.^[10] In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Sylhet Thunder in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.^[11] In July 2020, he was named in the Guyana Amazon Warriors squad for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League.^[12][13]

On 11 September 2021, Rutherford was included in the Sunrisers Hyderabad squad for the second phase of the 2021 IPL as a replacement player for Jonny Bairstow.^[14] In February 2022, he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament.^[15] In July 2022, he was signed by the Galle Gladiators for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.^[16]

International career

In October 2018, Rutherford was named in the West Indies' Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for series against India, but he did not play.^[17] In December 2018, he was again named in the West Indies' T20I squad, this time for their series against Bangladesh.^[18] He made his T20I debut for the West Indies against Bangladesh on 22 December 2018.^[19] In December 2023, he was selected in West Indies squad for the T20 series against England.^[20]

In May 2024, he was named in the West Indies squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.^[21]

References

1. "Sherfane Rutherford". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
2. "WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4 Day Tournament, Guyana v Windward Islands at Providence, Apr 15-18, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
3. "Group B, Regional Super50 at North Sound, Jan 31 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
4. "Windies B squad for Global T20 League in Canada". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
5. "Global T20 Canada 2018, Cricket West Indies B Team: Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
6. "2nd Match (N), Caribbean Premier League at Providence, Aug 9 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
7. "Full players list of the teams following Players Draft of BPL T20 2018-19". Bangladesh Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
8. "IPL 2019 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
9. "IPL 2019 Auction: Who got whom". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
10. "Global T20 draft streamed live". Canada Cricket Online. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
11. "BPL draft: Tamim Iqbal to team up with coach Mohammad Salahuddin for Dhaka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
12. "Nabi, Lamichhane, Dunk earn big in CPL 2020 draft". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
13. "Teams Selected for Hero CPL 2020". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
14. "SunRisers Hyderabad include Sherfane Rutherford as replacement of Jonny Bairstow for UAE leg of IPL 2021". SportsTiger. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
15. "IPL 2022 auction: The list of sold and unsold players". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
16. "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
17. "Pollard, Darren Bravo return to Windies T20I squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
18. "Evin Lewis returns to West Indies' T20I squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
19. "3rd T20I (D/N), West Indies tour of Bangladesh at Dhaka, Dec 22 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
20. "Big name returns to West Indies T20I squad to face England". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
21. "West Indies has announced their Squad for the T20I World Cup". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

External links

• Sherfane Rutherford at ESPNcricinfo