Dwayne Bravo is the second-most capped player in T20 history - his international captain Kieron Pollard leads the way at the top - and was an example of that wealth of experience during the West Indies' hugely impressive performance in St Lucia.
It had been five years since he had batted till No. 5 in international cricket and two years later he had done it at any level. After briefly seeing that his presence could halt the innings at 17 for 17 - especially with the fact that Andre Russell, Nicholas Pooran and Fabian Allen were to follow - he then scored 47 off 34 balls. . It was both his longest and highest innings since he scored 55 off 54 against Pakistan in Dubai in September 2016.
"It was always in the team's plan that if we bat first and we lose wickets early and control the innings with the bat - that's my style of play," he told the host broadcaster. "Pick one and two, put that solid platform for the likes of Russell, Fabian, Pooran, if Polly is in the team, to do what they have to do in the back end."
However, he admitted to feeling the batting power that was yet to come. "I have to be honest, at some point I was trying to get out on the back end to allow Russell and these guys to finish," he said.
The runs on the board were just part of the role he played. In a match-defining partnership of 103 with Shimron Hetmyer, he was able to impart wisdom and advice. Hetmyer said, "I had never batted with Bravo before... He was just telling me to keep going and do what you do best." "I really trusted him to bat and run between the wickets."
As Hetmyer cut loose in the latter part of the innings - 14 off 13 balls and 61 off 36 - Bravo had the best seat at home.
"We needed a partnership and it was great to see the way Hetmyer batted in the first game and this match," Bravo said. "He is a batting leader in our group, we have given him the responsibility to take control of the batting and show some maturity. We all know how classy he is and how dangerous he can be, [the advice was] just deep For batting, this is a ground with a large wind factor advantage.
"It's just about guiding the young players: Hetty, Pooran, Obed McCoy, Hayden Walsh... that's the kind of information we keep feeding these young players."
On the field, Bravo remains very solid - despite missing a chance from short third man - and when he claimed the late wicket of Dan Christian, his most important contribution was not evident on the scorecard.
When Fidel Edwards removed Aaron Finch with a slower ball that could have gone from the pads to the stumps, he immediately ran to Bravo - a master of such variations - in his celebration.
"Two days ago I taught him how to do it," Bravo revealed. "I said, you have the perfect action to throw a different slower ball. I let him stand about five feet away from you and said to Fidel, you just have to throw the ball at this pace with your action but he Didn't have the confidence to do in a game. So I told him to do something in practice. I said do it [in sports], there's nothing wrong with trying, so I'm happy for me to see him succeed. "