McIntosh and McCullum sounds like the name of a Glaswegian law firm touting for business on the tough streets of that Scottish city.
But no, it's the New Zealand cricket team's latest opening combination which has started to show encouraging signs in India.
Tim McIntosh and Brendon McCullum offer a stark contrast in style and personality, the former tall and left-handed and the latter short and right-handed.
Their differences run much deeper, with McIntosh casual and unhurried in all he does while McCullum bristles at his best and has the pugnacious qualities of a lightweight fighter.
But in the odd way that cricket can throw two opposites into the one pot and produce a complimentary dish, their differences are in fact a strength.
The tourists hope the pair can show that again tomorrow when the third and final test starts here against India, the world's top ranked test nation.
They will certainly not lack for confidence, with McCullum coming off a test best 225 over nine hours to earn his team a draw in the second test at Hyderabad, where McIntosh struck his second test century in the first innings a week after bagging a dreaded pair in the first match of the series.
They pieced together an opening stand of 125 in the second innings at Hyderabad where McIntosh backed up with 49, remarkably the first occasion a New Zealand opening pair had produced a century stand in 6-1/2 years.
Much water has flowed and many players come and gone during the intervening period, but there are signs that McIntosh, 30, and McCullum, 29, have it in them to provide their team with the sort of stability that has been so sorely lacking in recent years.
It is, of course, far too early for the jury to adjourn to consider the evidence and coach Mark Greatbatch offers a note of caution, saying "you are only as good as your next innings".
That is so very true but both McIntosh and McCullum are at ease in each other's company on and off the field and Greatbatch has seen enough to share some positive vibes about the pairing.
"It is important for the guys (batsmen) to share the load and we saw that at Hyderabad with Tim McIntosh and Brendon McCullum when they both went through some tough periods.
"They changed the strike so the other guy took over and took some of that pressure."
A former opener himself, Greatbatch said it was important for people to understand the very real pressures opening batsmen operated under.
"It's not an easy place to bat and we all need to appreciate that.
"It's the new ball, fresh conditions and even though they are flat conditions over here that is the likely time that players get out, particularly if they make a mistake or their mind's not right."
In his first series as a specialist opener after 52 previous tests as a wicketkeeper, McCullum has impressed McIntosh with how he has managed the conversion.
"He is a confident player and he is confident of taking that role for us.
"I think we complement each other quite well and it is nice to have that left hand-right hand combination where we can rotate the strike and mix up the bowlers' lines.
"Brendon is very organised in his defence.
"Combined with his positive strokeplay, that was great to see at Hyderabad.
"Long may it continue."
That is a sentiment shared by many.
NZPA