Australia's focus has turned from the unearthing a potential spin star to the threat posed by Afghanistan's ahead of their under-19 cricket World Cup semi-final.
Asian champions Afghanistan crushed hosts New Zealand in the quarter-finals by 202 runs, led by offspinner Mujeeb Zadran (4-14) and legspinner Qais Ahmad (4-33).
Monday's final-four clash in Christchurch is shaping as a battle of the slow bowlers after Australian legspinner Lloyd Pope claimed a tournament record 8-35 to prevent England chasing down Australia's 127 on Tuesday.
Qais leads the tournament for wicket-takers with 12 at 11.66, ahead of South Australian Pope has 10 wickets at 8.8.
The 16-year-old Mujeeb starred in last year's under-19 Asian Cup with 12 wickets from three matches.
Batsman Austin Waugh said Australia would be doing its homework on their opponents.
"It was obviously a great win, but we're now back to focusing on the Afghan game and looking for a big semi-final, pushing for a final spot," Waugh said.
"All the boys are looking for the next game to step up.
"We've obviously got a little bit of footage of them, but we'll be more keen on looking at that game yesterday.
"They've obviously got a couple of good spinners, so we'll be looking at the footage of them to see how they go about it."
Afghanistan are also a capable batting side, scoring 7-284 and 6-309 against Sri Lanka and New Zealand respectively when they have batted first in the tournament.
They lost to Ireland in the group stage.
Australia last played Afghanistan at under-19 level in a 2014 World Cup group-stage clash.
And it was Afghanistan who came out on top, beating a side featuring Ben McDermott, Cameron Valente and Billy Stanlake by 36 runs.
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