Alas, lightning did not strike twice for Brian Lara and the West Indies, instead Australia's strength diffused any possible heavenly blessings as they defeated the home team in the second Test to retain the Frank Worrell trophy yesterday before an expectant crowd.
Lara nevertheless, exuded thunder from his bat with another masterpiece innings that could only be played by the few geniuses in the game.
His best score of 122 at his home ground, was simply breathtaking but it was just not enough as were the support efforts, to give West Indies another fantastic victory of the type the Trinidadian master spearheaded in Barbados when Australia last visited the region in 1999.
The consolation of scoring his first Test century at the QPO was reward nonetheless for 15,000 fans who flocked the ground on a working day, to cheer Lara and the home team to another improbable victory to square the series.
When the double world record holder leaped and punched the air after on- driving Stuart McGill to cross the 100 mark, the packed Oval crowd erupted, not just because the "homeboy" had finally reached a coveted milestone in Trinidad after 20 games, it was because they had seen a gem of a Test innings only Lara can play.
His knock which began on Tuesday and concluded within the hour after lunch, might not rank with the 153 he hit off Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne, Jason Gillespie and company at Kensington Oval four years ago, but it must be considered one of his best five innings ever.
Its value was boosted by the player overcoming a spectacular spell of fast bowling by Australia's Brett Lee who showed why he is undoubtedly the fastest and most dangerous paceman in the world.
On what must be the slowest pitch, outside of the GCC ground Bourda, the young batsman must have played on, Lee unleashed a series of searing deliveries in a nine-over spell that captivated even the partisan Trinidad crowd.
Former West Indies fast bowler, now commentator, Ian Bishop who has played and watched cricket at the Oval all his life, was forced to describe Lee's performance as one of the most ferocious ever at the ground.
Bowling with the wind, Lee extracted unbelievable pace from a track that yielded five centuries before Lara's yesterday and almost decapitated the nimble centurion on a number of occasions.
Were it not for the West Indies captain's agility, the medical staff on standby on the ground would have had their hands full.
Amazingly Lee did not earn a wicket in that spell but it certainly rattled the West Indian batsmen to the extent that, Ramnaresh Sarwan, who put together 103 with Lara in the first session, were both dismissed to uncharacteristic rash strokes, when Andy Bichel relieved Lee after lunch.
Until Lara edged a drive to first slip, his power and timing had seen him smite 12 fours and one six in a display that highlighted a glorious return to form since the Trinidadian regained the West Indies' captaincy in two Tests so far.
In scoring 91 in the first innings here and a century in the second innings at Bourda, Lara has signaled his intention to lead by example.
It is a great pity though, that the selection panel of which he is a member, is not making use of the full talent available in the region.
This team is far from the best representative West Indies side available, which was also the case in the Guyana Test. And as a result West Indies have lost the chance to win the series in the blink of an eye.
Thus, the next two games in Barbados and Antigua will only give West Indies an opportunity to play for a draw or of lesser significance, win a Test.
But it must not prevent the selectors from going all out to select the best possible team to represent an already aggrieved West Indian public.
Vital and but not wholesale changes are necessary and no hindrances must block the recall of the team's best opener Chris Gayle. Also the region's two fastest bowlers Tino Best and Jermaine Lawson must get their chance at the Kensington Oval come May 1. Winning must always be the team's number one priority.
To play for draws will be detrimental in more ways than one.