Speedster Ben Sears is expected to make his debut for the Blackcaps during their upcoming tour of the subcontinent.
The Wellington Firebirds pace-bowler has already caught the eye of one of our greatest ever quicks, instantly impressing Shane Bond.
"Yeah, he's fast, real fast," Bond tells Newshub.
Fast being consistently over 140 kilometres per hour.
That pace display in domestic cricket has earned Sears an unexpected call up to the Blackcaps
"Gary Stead just said to me 'hey you might be going to Bangladesh' and I was a bit like 'wow', says Sears.
"Yeah, I didn't really expect to be here."
Here is Lincoln, being coached by one of his idols in 45-year-old Bond, who took 87 wickets in 18 test matches.
And the former Blackcaps quick believes Sears' raw pace could see him go close to replicating what he was able to achieve with the same tool.
"To see him perform well at the domestic level, then get the chance to work with him and progress onto the national scene, I'm really excited for him and I'm pretty confident he'll do well," Bond says.
But Bond is also mindful that although it's about being quick, there is no need to sprint.
"Guys at that age want to be the finished product, but it just takes time, so it's about just coming to practice every day with a purpose."
Sears also has the backing of his Wellington coach Glenn Pocknall, who will caretaker the Blackcaps in Bangladesh and Pakistan in the absence of Stead.
"That's what I like about him," Pocknall says.
"Yes he can bowl fast, but he is shy and a very humble young man and you get a cricket ball in his hand and he wants to take a wicket every ball."
If he can do that with just a handful of balls on debut, the Blackcaps could have another world class edition to their already impressive bowling stocks.
