Buttler was haunted by the demons of quite a few losses in finals before that, and he doubted whether he would be able to play cricket again if England had lost.

“I had played in eight finals before Sunday and lost seven of them,” Buttler told the Daily Mail. “I’d played in lots with Somerset, the Champions Trophy with England [in 2013], and when we lost the T20 [final] in Kolkata [in 2016]. I knew how much it hurt watching the other team lift the trophy. I didn’t want to feel that pain and that regret again.

“When Jason picked it up, there was no thought he might misfield it. None of those thoughts happen. He picks it up, throws it to me and I take the stumps.”

And then there was elation. “I’m 28 and for however long I have left in my career, I would just enjoy it and think: ‘That happened’.”