Ghana overcame a second half power outage which held up play for an hour at the Baba Yara Stadium to finish 7-0 winners against a listless Lesotho in the opening Group D match in the qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
The win takes the Black Stars top of the table and hands Kwesi Appiah, a good start in his first competitive game as Ghana coach. It will certainly send him back home with a smile ahead of the next battle.
Sulley Muntari's opener provided the moment of inspiration as Dominic Adiyiah grabbed a brace and Jordan Ayew also recorded his debut goal after scoring twice.
Christian Atsu and Jerry Akaminko, both making their Black Stars debut also scored after the interval in a dominant display that saw Ghana goalkeeper, Adam Kwarasey doing very little in the game.
Kwarasey occasionally had to tread some passes between his two central defenders, Akaminko and John Boye to restart Ghana's attack.
It was a total domination by the Black Stars right from the blast of referee Badara Diatta's whistle till the final call as Lesotho finished with ten men after Tsoanelo Koetle was sent off in the 90th minute.
Coming into the game as favourites, Ghana with an attacking line up started with the first effort from Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu going into the side net before Adiyiah saw goalkeeper Phasumane Kholuoe tip his shot round the post.
Kwadwo Asamoah also tried his luck from long range with the marauding full-backs, Samuel Inkoom and Harrison Afful joining in attack.
Ayew was the next Ghanaian player to miss with Phasumane, again blocking from close range. Adiyiah could have put Ghana in front but an Ayew cross grazed his head from five yards out and went out of play.
But captain Muntari drew first blood in the 15th minute when he angled a trademark pile-driver from 15 yards into the up-right of Phasumane's goal.
Nine minutes later, luck smiled at Adiyiah when he turned his marker in the box to rifle a shot into the roof of the net.
On the stroke of half-time, Ayew run onto a Muntari lob, dribbled his marker and rounded goalkeeper Phasumane before slotting into an empty net to end the half 3-0 for Ghana.
The Black Stars returned from the break determined to up the scoreline and five minutes into the start of the second half, Adiyiah finished off a pass from Muntari in the box.
Soon after the fourth goal, Ghana's momentum was cut short when the floodlights went off due to a power outage.
And that delay held up play for close to an hour before the game was restarted.
The match continued at a slow pace as Ghana coach, Kwesi Appiah withdrew Inkoom for Daniel Opare.
He followed that up with two more changes. Atsu was sent on for Muntari, who passed the captain band to Derek Boateng.
The third substitution saw the captain making way for Anthony Annan, who took the band.
As the game approached the final stages, Atsu scored from a brilliant chip from outside the box in the 85th minute before Ayew registered the sixth goal three minutes later.
Akaminko completed the rout two minutes into injury time when he out-jumped Phasumane to head in after the goalkeeper had spilled Boye's effort.
The Black Stars play Zambia next in the campaign before the qualifiers goes on break to return next year.
Ghana line up
Adam Kwarasey, Samuel Inkoom/Daniel Opare, Harrison Afful, John Boye, Jerry Akaminko, Derek Boateng/Anthony Annan, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu, Sulley Muntari/Christian Atsu, Kwadwo Asamoah, Jordan Ayew, Dominic Adiyiah.