Nerveless

Tremendous pressure at the start and end of the match, aided by nerveless shooting from Super Netball stars Cardwell and Helen Housby, were big factors in their win.

He was surprised by Piastri’s nerveless early overtake – one that McLaren team principal Andrea Stella later said the team would later review – but admitted one stop wasn’t possible with his own tyres graining.

So perfect was the pass, it made the striker’s nerveless finish into the bottom corner, beyond a motionless Wes Foderingham, look somewhat ordinary.

They were also nerveless in the closing overs, holding on to several high balls.

For all the West Indies’s fire with the new ball and blend of steel and six-hitting with the bat, it was sealed by Mitchell Starc’s nerveless death bowling.

This is how you define greatness, a player who can shut out the noise and the possibilities to deliver a nerveless stroke.

To all watching, he appeared nerveless and indomitable, but he admits the fear of failure drove him in his playing career.

But as Danny Richardson sent three sides of the stadium into delirium with the most nerveless of match-winning penalty attempts, the thoughts of one man in particular will have been fascinating.

Two penalties either side of half-time – a nerveless ‘Panenka’ from Sergio Ramos and something more conventional from Karim Benzema – reversed the lead before Gareth Bale’s strike and a second of the game from the French forward.