In fact, more or less it is the only hand.
Josh Huddleston played a gem of an innings for his club side, Owaka, in Balclutha on Saturday.
The only problem was while Huddleston (17) was smashing boundaries and sending the ball to all corners of the ground at South Otago High School, his team-mates were getting out.
Huddleston managed to score 100 for his side, the first century he has scored for his club team.
The contribution by his 10 team-mates - a grand total of seven runs.
The side was chasing a total of 250 on an artificial wicket against Valley and Huddleston opened the innings and set about chasing the total.
But, as he went on his merry way, clocking up 10 sixes and six fours, those at the other end were not aiding the cause.
Four players made ducks, five players recorded one run each and one player made two runs.
The rest of the total of 118 runs was made up of extras.
''They were just playing some silly shots and getting out. With that happening, I thought I would have to do the majority of it,'' he said.
Huddleston's contribution of 100 runs of a total of 118 was 85% of the innings total.
Whether this is a record is not clear.
At first-class level, South African Clive Rice scored 105 in an innings of 143 by his county, Nottinghamshire, so Huddleston's efforts leave that for dead.
It is bound to be equalled somewhere in the world of cricket but Huddleston is just happy enough to have tallied a century.
''I was on 92 when the last man came in so I said to him `you better stay here and not get out'.''
The No 11 batsman duly did his job and stayed around and Huddleston brought up his century with a single.
The last batsman was dismissed next ball and Huddleston was left unbeaten on exactly 100.
Although pleased with his score, Huddleston, an apprentice joiner in South Otago, said it would have been better to have won the game.
