Qureshi has linked with St Pat’s Old Boys for this summer’s edition of the tournament – largely considered Western Zone’s strongest Twenty20 competition – and will clash with his former teammates in Friday night’s opening game.

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There’s no doubting how big a pick-up Qureshi is for the Saints, considering 2018-19 is their first crack at the day-night tournament, and also how big a loss the Central West Wranglers’ skipper is for Centrals.

He played two games for the red and blacks last season and while he didn’t make a huge impact with bat or ball his leadership was invaluable, and he’s been a proven performer in the competition before.

He didn’t play in 2016-17 but the season before he all but single-handedly led the red and blacks to the grand final, the further they’ve progressed since the competition changed from 40 overs-a-side to T20.

Qureshi was only dismissed once during that campaign, pummeling two unbeaten half-tons and finishing with a whopping average of 154.

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However under the rules that year marquees weren’t allowed to feature in the play-offs, and without him Centrals were eventually hammered by Cavaliers in the decider after progressing through the semi-final thanks to multiple washouts.

He bolsters an already-blockbuster Saints’ roster, that includes the likes of Adam Ryan, Nic Broes and Connor Slattery – all of whom will feature for the Wranglers in this summer’s Plan B Regional Bash.

They face Centrals from 6.30pm on Friday night under the bright lights of Wade Park, before facing Kinross, Orange City and perennial powerhouse Lithgow in their remaining pool A matches.