Keeping wickets is insightful and a great asset but it isn't always definitive in dismissing a quality batsman.
Black Caps captain Kane Williamson is a case in point, if you ask Dane Cleaver.
That's despite the pair being first cousins and having spent enough Christmases together in the backyard to know the intricacies of what makes the New Zealand batting maestro tick and Cleaver becoming familiar with one of the country's most watched pair of heels.
"The thing with having backyard cricket, growing up with families, is that we're always watching cricket and talking cricket with all the uncles so we were very lucky growing up because we had a lot of strong boys."
The pair went through their respective Northern Districts and Central Districts age-group pathways before ending up together in the New Zealand Under-19 equation.