Proteas coach Mark Boucher has praised his side for playing "smart" cricket following their T20 series win against the West Indies on Saturday.
South Africa won the fifth and final T20 by 25 runs in Grenada to claim the series 3-2.
It is the Proteas' first T20 series win in six series dating back to March 2019, with Boucher having lost all of his first five series in the format since taking on the head coach job.
There are certainly still areas for improvement - the Proteas struggled to score quickly towards the back-end of innings in far from the easiest batting conditions - but this is certainly a step in the right direction with October's T20 World Cup set to be staged in the UAE.
"It's big," Boucher said of the significance of the series win when speaking after Saturday's match.
"We played a really good solid game today. Yes, there are still places where we can improve, but I think the confidence we can take from this against a really good T20 unit with a lot of experience is going to be immense for us.
"We've got a team that, if we rock up on the day, we could possibly beat anyone."
The Proteas batted first in four of the five T20s and posted scores of 160/6, 166/7, 167/8 and 168/4. Often, they were seemingly positioned to post significantly more than that.
And while that failure to kick on following strong starts in the powerplay was concerning for South African supporters, Boucher said the way his players had handled themselves in those difficult scenarios was one of the most pleasing aspects of this series win.
"The biggest thing for me is that we took away a lot of knowledge from the games that we played throughout the series," he said.
"We're probably going to be playing in conditions like this in the UAE ... and we took a lot of lessons about how to play in these conditions. It's not the same as we're used to back in South Africa where you can go out and bash your way to 180-200.
"You've got to be skillful here and smart, and I think we took those lessons and put them into being a bit smarter.
"There are a couple of guys a bit out of form, so if you're winning a series with a couple of guys out of form against a strong team like that, then you must be doing something right."
The contrast in styles between the Proteas and the world champion West Indies, Boucher added, was clear.
"The West Indies were playing their brand of cricket and we were playing ours, and the guys bought into that," he said.
"At times, you look at it and wonder why the guys can't score at the back-end, but if you look at the bowlers we were facing at the back-end, they were very skillful.
"You have to try find a way to win, and that's exactly what we did. It does make it feel a bit more special because we were smart in the way we went about things.
"There were so many positives."
The Proteas are now off to Ireland where they will play three T20s and three ODIs with that series starting in Dublin on 11 July.