T20 World Cup: England are contenders again after impressive victory over New Zealand

That was much, much better.

The manner of England's victory over New Zealand on Tuesday should reassert Jos Buttler's side as one of the favourites for the Men's T20 World Cup again.

Last week's five-run defeat to Ireland was obviously disappointing.

Yes, if the rain had not come and Moeen Ali had been able to bat just a few more balls they would have won.

But it was a poor performance and England deserved to lose.

In contrast, when the pressure was really on, and when other England white-ball teams have buckled - before the 2019 World Cup-winning team at least - they did pretty much everything right.

Moeen dropped a simple catch to dismiss Glenn Phillips but otherwise England were ruthless against a team many people had as favourites after their 89-run demolition of Australia.

They were ruthless at the toss, having seen the turn offered by the surface in the game between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan earlier in the day and opting to bat first - despite their preference to chase.

They were ruthless with the bat, capitalising on New Zealand's two drops of Buttler. And when the game got tight with the ball, they closed it out expertly.