The Black Caps have done it again - they are into another World Cup cricket final.
Daryl Mitchell hits the winning runs. Photo: PHOTOSPORT
This time it is the T20 World Cup after a dramatic semifinal victory over title favourites England in Abu Dhabi on Thursday morning.
New Zealand have now made the final at four of the last five major men's tournaments and are one match away from adding the T20 trophy to their Test Championship mace.
Call it redemption.
Call it revenge.
Whatever label you put on it - this was undoubtedly a sweet moment for the Black Caps and their ever-growing swag of supporters.
And if you think watching this morning's see-sawing semifinal was stressful enough, imagine being at the centre of it, just as match-winning opening batter Daryl Mitchell was.
"It's a bit of a blur but I can imagine it was a hell of a game to watch and I think the way England played was very special as well," Mitchell said.
"Pretty cool to get the job done but I know it was a game of inches that's for sure."
Mitchell played the leading role, finishing with 73 off 48 as the Black Caps reached their target of 167 with six balls up their sleeve.
But, for the majority of the chase, it was England in control and looking set to secure their spot in the final.
New Zealand needed 60 off just 29 balls when Jimmy Neesham strode to the crease - but Mitchell said the pair never panicked.
"Probably sounds weird but it never felt like it was out of our grasp. We knew that there were going to be match-ups there that might suit us towards the end and as long as we kept it within the certain numbers that we felt comfortable with then we were always a chance.
"I thought the way that Neesh came out and really dominated that one over really set the momentum."
That one over was the 17th, Neesham taking England seamer Chris Jordan for 23 runs.
Jimmy Neesham changed the game for the Black Caps. Photo: PHOTOSPORT
The Black Caps all-rounder didn't see the chase out, but hit 27 off just 11 balls - and England captain Eoin Morgan said it was impossible to understate the importance of Neesham's contribution.
"Everything worked right up until the point when Neesham came in. It was a fantastic cameo in high pressure circumstances when his team needed," Morgan said.
"We've played against Jimmy a lot, he's not struck the ball like that against us ever so it's really good batting."
Really good batting against a really good team.
Morgan said his team - ranked number one in T20s - threw everything they had at the New Zealanders.
"The competitive nature in which we play against the Black Caps is always healthy there's a huge amount of respect between both sides because we know every time we play them we're going to be up against it.
"They don't give you a lot of leeway they're very disciplined and if you do win against them you know you've played really well."
Black Caps captain Kane Williamson and England skipper Eion Morgan after the match. Photo: PHOTOSPORT
The England captain was also full of praise for man-of-the-match Mitchell - and rightly so.
The late blooming 30-year-old's innings follows a similarly impressive knock against the other pre-tournament title favourites India.
All having no prior experience opening the batting in T20s - but captain Kane Williamson said he never bought into talk of Mitchell's move up the order as an experiment.
"Not an experiment in terms of his character and that's something that definitely stood out today and pretty much every game he's come and played for us," Williamson said.
"An incredible knock [and] yeah he hasn't done it a lot at the top of the order but there's a real quality there and he's come in and batted beautifully in a high pressure situation."
One more of those situations now stands between the Black Caps and back-to-back world titles.
And with the job not done, Mitchell said they would be keeping a close eye on Friday morning's second semi between Pakistan and Australia
"I know we'll be watching it and we'll start planning for both teams but it'll be cool whoever we play against it's a world cup final and it's going to be awesome and I know we're going to walk out with a smile on our face and enjoy it as much as we can."
The Black Caps have three days to prepare for that last hurdle - with the T20 World Cup final set down for early Monday morning in Dubai.
