Kamau Leverock’s growing reputation in Britain has brought him to the attention of The Cricket Paper, an online publication based in Britain.

It does not hurt that his uncle has made the Leverock name instantly recognisable around the world.

Dwayne Leverock’s spectacular one-handed catch at the 2007 World Cup still fascinates and awes in equal measure in Britain, and his nephew’s feats on the cricket pitch attract attention.

According to Kamau, who was interviewed by The Cricket Paper on Friday, while he wants to make his own way in the world there are benefits to having a famous relative.

“I don’t normally tell people he’s my uncle,” Leverock told the weekly publication.

“It would be better to create my own image, but I’m sure my surname has helped at times too. My father played for the Police cricket team, and obviously my uncle played on the Bermuda team.

“I was watching both of them almost every week, so it was only natural for me to gravitate towards the game at a very young age.”

In the interview Kamau said he believes he is more than a chip off the old block, and does not mind standing in his uncle’s shadow. The explosive all-rounder is in his second year at Cardiff MCCU after arriving in Britain in 2011 as a raw 16-year-old to play for Horsham.

An adjustment period in Horsham was needed to get used to both the cold weather and swinging ball.

And after an underwhelming outing for Surrey 2nd XI just two weeks after arriving in England, where he was only given three wicketless overs over three days to make an impact, Leverock gradually began to make headway. However, it was not until he decided to follow several of his fellow Bermudians, such as Terryn Fray and Stefan Kelly, to Cardiff MCCU, that he began to come on leaps and bounds as an all-rounder.

“I was a batsman first, and didn’t really start bowling until I was about 15,” Leverock revealed. “So I’m still relatively new to it. Now I feel my role has changed again, as I felt like I was more of a bowling all-rounder than a batting all-rounder when I came to Cardiff.

“But thanks to some great coaching from the MCCU programme I’ve become a genuine all-rounder and hopefully it stays that way. We have a big strength and conditioning programme here through the winter, which has made a big difference in terms of getting me strong and avoiding injury.

“And playing in winter nets, working with a swinging ball, has really helped my batting. My coaches have also been trying to find ways to make my action stronger and getting my arm higher, as I was quite a slingy bowler, but now I’m more able to swing the ball.”

Mark O’Leary, the Cardiff MCCU head coach, wasted no time in snapping Leverock up, and now that gamble is paying dividends.

Opening the bowling as well as batting high up the order in limited-overs matches Leverock will be seeking county trials in his final year of university cricket. The highlight of his season so far came at the end of May when he smashed a match-winning 123 not out off 77 balls against Cambridge University.

“The idea is to play first-class cricket in the next few years,” Leverock stressed. “I’m trying my hardest to get my name out there.

“I came out of winter nets full of confidence and batted all right in the first-class games that I played. On T20s day Mark saw that I’m quite an aggressive batsman, and has since put me towards the top of the order in one-day cricket.

“It really paid off. I’ve looked a lot stronger, which has given me a lot of confidence to look to be a genuine all-rounder.”