NEW overseas batsman Hamish Rutherford is relishing the chance to shine in Essex colours.
The New Zealander marked his debut with a century against Scotland on Sunday, and he admits the chance to play more cricket was the main reason for his decision to prolong his stay in England after his nation's Test defeat.
"I'd just be back home in Dunedin for two or three months not doing much so it's good to get some cricket in the winter," he said. "We don't play as much cricket and here there's a lot of overlapping formats, you play a four-day, then a Twenty20 or a one-dayer.
"It'll be a good challenge, to chop and change forms. But if you're in good form, you're going well.
"I want to play a lot of one-day cricket. I haven't played a lot, so the goal is to get into the New Zealand team. I'm here to score some runs and do well at the top. If I can score runs and put the team in winning positions, that's really good."
