Fresh from a Champions Trophy semi-final demolition job which saw Australia lose only one wicket on its way to reeling in England's target of 258, one would think captain Ricky Ponting would want to single out his side's batting performance.
But the 34-year-old preferred to highlight the great job his bowlers did in bowling the English out for just 257 on a bat-friendly wicket at Centurion and booking his country's spot in the final against either Pakistan or New Zealand.
"To take six wickets for 100 was a good start for us, the run-rate was pretty high, but I said to the bowlers right from the start to really attack and take wickets," said Ponting.
"We did that at regular intervals until the (Luke) Wright-(Tim) Bresnan partnership, we were a little bit sloppy with the ball at that stage, but the wicket was excellent, the outfield very fast and the ground not overly big so we were pretty confident."
Ponting and Shane Watson both hit unbeaten hundreds and combined in a record 252-run partnership to seal a crushing nine-wicket win.
Ponting, who guided the chase only to be overtaken by Watson's late blitz of sixes, said: "I felt in control and that is what you try to achieve."
"The Australian team prides itself in playing well in big games."
"We have been talking about playing at a level that is going to get us into big games, right from the start of the England series we were focusing (on) being well prepared for the Champions Trophy, and getting ourselves in a position like today, were we can play our best cricket when it matters."
England captain Andrew Strauss backed his side's style but bemoaned the execution.
However, the match was only taken as far as the 42nd over of the chase thanks to a career-best 80 from Bresnan and Wright (48).
England's batting travails of last month's NatWest Series resurfaced in the opening hour-and-a-half as Strauss' men slumped to 6-101 after winning the toss.
"We were definitely keen to go out there and play our shots on a very good wicket and unfortunately it didn't come off today," said Strauss. "You live by the sword and you die by the sword."
"It's frustrating. When you lose six wickets for 100 runs on that kind of surface you are always struggling."
"We have to keep playing our shots, it's refreshing to see the guys going out there and expressing themselves but we have to work on our skills to improve our percentages."
"Tim Bresnan played exceptionally well and was well supported by Luke Wright."
"We weren't completely out of the game at the halfway mark but it was a 300-par wicket and we were still quite light which meant we needed three or four wickets with the new ball, which we weren't able to get."
When Graham Onions prised out Tim Paine in the second over, following a 15-minute delay caused by an invasion of flying ants, it appeared to be the perfect start.
But Ponting struck his 28th one-day international hundred and became the first Australian to pass 12,000 runs at this level.
"You always hope under lights it might misbehave a little bit and there's always pressure chasing but Ponting and Watson played exceptionally well," Strauss added.
Strauss' side has now lost seven out of eight to the Australians in the past month and there is no doubt who he believes will triumph on the same ground in the tournament showpiece on Monday.
"It's hard to look past Australia," said Strauss. "They are on a great run and are hard to beat."