And just two one-day games into his career for the province he has had the sort of game you remember long enough to tell the grandchildren.
The 21-year-old strapping right-arm medium-pacer took two wickets in the last over to seal a six-run win against Wellington at the Basin Reserve yesterday.
Normally, that would be achievement enough but he finished with five for 44 and top-scored for Otago with 55.
He pretty much single-handedly won the game for his team and you do not get much better than that.
"I'm absolutely stoked," he said shortly after Neil Broom scooped up the catch which won the game.
"I just came into the game wanting to do the basics well and I don't even know how it happened. It is a bit of a blur."
Most of the smart money was on James Franklin steering Wellington to victory. The all-rounder seemingly had his side on track to overhaul Otago's total of 219.
Wellington needed 12 runs from the final over and Franklin, having got himself set on a tired and slow pitch, and in fading light, holed out in the deep for 58.
Scott Kuggeleijn repeated the mistake next ball to hand Otago its second consecutive win and Neesham his fifth wicket.
"A couple of mistimed shots," Neesham said modestly.
The match was trimmed to a 40-over contest with rain delaying the start of play until 2pm.
Otago made a tentative start with captain Aaron Redmond failing again. He has had a horrid beginning to the summer and offered a catch on seven which Harry Boam completed.
Michael Bracewell was trapped in front for a duck and Craig Cumming, fresh from a one-day century against Northern Districts, got a start getting through to 15 before he perished. Ditto Sam Wells and Nathan McCullum. Both made starts but got out before capitalising.
Broom, like Redmond, has been struggling to score runs. But he got on the board with 38 and Derek de Boorder chipped in with 31. But it was Neesham who was mainly responsible for getting Otago to a defendable total.
A left-handed batsman, he whacked 55 from 51 deliveries in an innings which featured seven fours and a six.
Having played a starring role with the bat, Neesham picked up two quick wickets, trapping both Boam and Grant Elliott leg before wicket, and took the catch to remove opener Michael Pollard.
Fellow opener Michael Papps kept his side in touch with 56 before he was also trapped in front by a most unlikely source. Broom, a part-time bowler at best, turned his hand to off-break bowling and got the breakthrough.
But while Franklin remained at the wicket Otago could not relax. The left-hander is a dominant figure in domestic cricket and has done particularly well against the Volts in the one-day format.
However, this was to be Neesham's day. It was perhaps a bold move to call on him to bowl the last over but it proved inspired.
Neesham focused on the spot he wanted to hit and ran in hard, taking the two most important wickets he has ever taken.
The other two matches were both abandoned due to rain.
Canterbury scored 267 for nine against Northern Districts at Mount Maunganui with Peter Fulton top-scoring with 66 and Brent Arnel taking four for 44.
Northern was nought without loss in reply when the match was called off.
The Auckland-Central Districts match in Auckland was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
