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Qais Ahmad, another "teenage" Afghani prodigy.

That's great, and he has. I'm trying not to pidgeon-hole him just as a short-form basher at age 19. I'd like to see if he has something more in the longer formats before anointing him as anything.

Let's see how he looks after 30-40 innings in the Shield, eh?

Where's Sam Heazlett at these days? Yeah...

It'll sound soft, but perhaps weather? Alice is scheduled for high 30s and 35-40km/hr winds all across the next week, which could make a potentially dodgy outfield into a complete dustbowl, while Adelaide is scheduled for high 20s/low 30s, and less wind, and (importantly for Adelaide) no rain...

Every team seems to have 1-2 guys being carried on reputation, or what they might do, or who are just ill-suited to the format.

And now he's out for a golden duck.

Remember when Alex Ross won the Bradman Young Cricketer of the Year award at the end of the 2015-16 season? He's done next to nothing since then.

Not sure why A) The Strikers even play Liam O'Connor, and B) Why they would have him in the squad ahead of local leg spinner Lloyd Pope.

Mujeeb Ur Rahman is just 17 years old? Give me a spell... Why do Afghanistan (and Pakistan before them) insist on these "questionable" ages for some of their players? They're playing senior cricket anyway, so it's like they're doing it for a purpose to win U/19 tournaments or something. Just...

Obviously they won tonight, but the Hurricanes should structure their batting order like this IMO: 1. D'Arcy Short 2. Ben McDermott 3. Nathan Reardon (in for Alex Doolan, who just isn't a T20 opener) 4. Dan Christian 5. George Bailey 6. Matthew Wade 7. Simon Milenko 8. Jofra Archer 9. Cameron...