NO sooner had his inswinging thunderbolt crashed into Marcus Trescothick's off and middle stumps at Lord's on Tuesday that Tino Best, all hyperactive showmanship, was down the pitch, pointing to the name on the back of his maroon West Indies shirt for all to see.
It was a beauty, indeed the best ball of a NatWest Series match that was purgatory for bowlers who were belted for 11 sixes, 46 fours and 571 runs from 99.1 overs.
His spell when completed at the end of England's 285 for seven, 10-1-42-2, was not only Tino's best bowling of the tour but as good as any he has sent down in either form of the game in his brief time in the West Indies team.
When, some five hours later, as Ricardo Powell scampered the run off the first ball of the last over that earned the West Indies their victory by seven wickets and secured their place in the final, Chris Gayle might also have drawn attention to the name on his uniform - except that, in this case, it would have been inappropriate.
This was not a typical Gayle whirlwind. Lord's was not transformed into a disaster zone by his usual awesome devastation.
It was a zephyr by comparison as he fulfilled his assigned role as foundation of the innings to perfection.
The left-hander batted through, from first over to last, to be unbeaten 132 off 165 balls with a solitary six, guiding the West Indies to their target of 285 with five balls remaining.
Several times on his initial tour with the senior team, Dwayne Bravo would also have been justified in pirating Best's original celebration with a reference to the surname printed on his shirt but "Bravo" was not quite the acclamation for Tuesday.
The 20-year-old Trinidadian had the misfortune to run into Andy Flintoff, England's own hurricane, at his most ferocious.
His nippy medium-pace that had made him the tournament's leading wicket-taker was clobbered for seven sixes and three fours as his last six overs went for 69 after his first four cost only 11.
In their contrasting ways, Tuesday was an important day early in what is an important tour for Best, Gayle and Bravo.
For the bounding Barbadian fast bowler, it was evidence that, almost overnight, he had learned how best to bowl in England and in tight situations.
For the tall Jamaican, it was added evidence that he is gradually coming to terms with the requirements of batting in England that were always going to test a technique honed on the flat, featureless pitches in Jamaica.
For Bravo, one of the several young players with the ability to revitalise West Indies cricket, it was a painful, but critical, element in the learning curve, to use the modern expression.
Best fairly bursts to get the ball in his hand but, when he does, he is so keen that his concentration often deserts him. Then, he rushes into his work without much thought and there is no knowing where the next ball will land.
He had to wait until the fourth match of the tournament, at Cardiff against New Zealand, for his chance, and only after Ravi Rampaul was injured.
He then spent 16 overs almost exploding in anticipation at third man and fine leg before Brian Lara brought him on.
The upshot was uncontrolled pace and two wides sprayed so far down the leg-side in his first over they skidded past wicket-keeper Carlton Baugh for five wides each.
The calming effect came in the nets at Lord's on the eve of Tuesday's match.
Michael Holding and Courtney Walsh were in attendance and, as Best told it, impressed on him the need to relax above everything else.
They might as well have suggested capping the La Soufriere volcano but Holding and Walsh do have some proven pedigree in the art of fast bowling. So does Wayne Daniel, Best's mentor in Barbados at the end of the international telephone line.
Best clearly heeded the advice.
His approach and build-up were more measured. He immediately undermined England with the wickets of Trescothick and Michael Vaughan. As soon as he sent down two wides in his fifth over, Lara read the signs and spelled him so he could mull over the words of the three fast-bowling elders.
He had another three overs mid-innings but was at his most impressive when Lara summoned him for his last two overs at the end when Flintoff and Andrew Strauss were running amok.
Bowling fast and a full length (one so full he was called for an above-the-waist no-ball), he went for two runs in one over, seven in the next, two of them off the inside edge.
It was an object lesson in how to bowl fast in the shorter game - and in England. If he has taken it in, Tino will be motioning to the back of his short several times in the coming six weeks.
The most telling comment after the match came from Ramnaresh Sarwan whose 89 off 78 balls was an innings of sheer brilliance and class. The vice- captain reported that his bidding to Gayle in their record partnership of 187 was to ensure he batted through the innings, leaving the attacking risks to him.
It was a reversal of the usual roles and underscored the confidence Gayle has generated among his teammates.
He is the established opener and, in the Tests to follow, is the key to blunting the threat of Steve Harmison, Flintoff, Matthew Hoggard and Simon Jones. He had made an encouraging start, even if the game is different.
He has noticeably tightened his ugly, unbalanced, sprawled stance since the series in the Caribbean and is waiting for the ball to come to him, rather than vice-versa as he has previously done.
As Lara noted afterwards, both Gayle and Sarwan have been around for four years yet are still only 24.
The benefit of their experience is now becoming clear. It should be clearer by the end of the tour.
Both started their international careers at 20, as Bravo is now doing.
In four years, the young Trinidadian could be one of international cricket's leading all-rounders.
He has the ability, as classy batsman, sharp medium-pacer with the ability to move the ball both ways and sharp fielder. It is the experience that is missing at the moment.
That experience will come on this tour and others to come in the next year or so, provided even, indeed especially, on day's like Tuesday.
In time, the West Indies could have at least three players repeatedly pointing to their backs to acclaim their latest achievement.