It was an emphatic result, but England have far tougher tests to come.
But its single victory over a test nation, New Zealand, was perhaps the most emphatic result of the tournament.
The emphatic result puts the reigning limited-overs champions Nottinghamshire – whose pre-match team-talk was given by the Nottingham Forest manager Stuart Pearce in a quest for a different dressing-room voice – one more victory away from a return to Lord's.
Especially since the Crimean War (1853 56), Australians had feared incursion from the north by Europeans or Asians or both; the most emphatic result came early in 1883, when the government of Queensland, fearful of Germany, took possession of Papua, forcing Britain's reluctant connivance.
He said: "Nobody expected such an emphatic result, not against the world champions.
It was Munster's first win of the campaign after an opening defeat by Racing Metro, and the emphatic result means Edinburgh have conceded 78 points and not scored any in their two matches.
Visiting captain Glen Chapple had earlier set his side on the way to an emphatic result by becoming only the fifth current county bowler to reach 800 first-class wickets.
This is a less emphatic result than Sicilian sample, but nonetheless would support the proposal that Greek temples face east.
Steve McNamara believes France will be "dangerous opponents" for England in the World Cup quarter-finals, despite his side's emphatic recent results against these opponents.
The emphatic answer is: YES.
