What a relief for England to get the win they so badly needed to keep their World Cup dream alive.
But perhaps even more importantly than the two points and boost to their net run rate, was the manner in which they secured the win. It is one thing to talk about taking the handbrake off and being braver with their cricket as they had done in the build up to this game, but it is quite another to live up to the hype and do it.
There is still room for more from this side but the sight of both Alex Hales and Jos Buttler raising their bats for the first and second fifties of the tournament for England and hitting seventeen boundaries between them in the process will be a big confidence boost for the squad.
For Buttler in particular, this was his greatest triumph as an England captain so far and should be a real source of comfort for him in Sydney. On the night that he made his 100th T20 appearance for England and with it also went past Eoin Morgan as the country's highest run scorer in the format, he could be hugely satisfied with a job brilliantly done.
When you are taking over from someone as influential and as successful as Morgan those are some pretty big shoes to fill. To begin with, every success is a continuation of the legacy left behind by the previous incumbent, and every failure is a question mark over how things are now being done.
And it wasn't just the success on the field, it was the reputation as being one of the best captains of all time, it was player after player saying how Morgan was the best captain they had ever played under.
Oh and when it came to tactics and marshalling his bowlers and his fielders, the skills he had were second to none. But for all of us on the outside comparing the two, because that is what we do, we must also remember that there is a connection between the two.
Buttler is different and his own man, but he was also a key senior player alongside Morgan and he has undoubtedly learnt a thing or two from his old team-mate. Here in a crunch, must-win game he showed that he has learnt plenty with the way he performed brilliantly with the bat in scoring important runs.
He was involved in the shifting of the batting order at the 10 over drinks break, and then he was quite incredible in the field. Opening the bowling with Moeen Ali showed that he recognised the used nature of the pitch that was taking spin, and that Finn Allen prefers pace on the ball.
He mixed up his bowling attack with great skill and control, and in the midst of a nerve-jangling innings he also took a brilliantly athletic catch behind the stumps to do his bit in the field. In every department Buttler was outstanding in a game that England simply had to win, and at the business end of a World Cup, that is exactly what you want your captain to be.
