Muttiah Muralitharan, rated as the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers ' Almanack, and the highest wicket-taker in both Test cricket and in One Day Internationals ( ODIs ), has hailed Lara as his toughest opponent among all batsmen in the world.

Before the end of this World Cup Glenn McGrath stated that Lara is the greatest batsman that he has ever bowled to.

Lara stated this would be his last appearance in international cricket, he has also indicated his interest in retaining some involvement in the sport.

Brian Lara has established the Pearl and Bunty Lara Foundation, which is a charitable organisation in memory of his parents that aims to address health and social care issues.

Lara has dated former Durham County Cricket Club receptionist and British lingerie model Lynnsey Ward.

* Lara has scored an 20 % of his team runs, a feat surpassed only by Bradman ( 23 %) and George Headley ( 21 %).

* Comfortably averaging over 50 per innings ( the benchmark for batting greatness in Test cricket ), Lara has been ranked the number one batsman in Test cricket in the PricewaterhouseCoopers Cricket Ratings several times.

In 2006, Lara Croft was inducted into the Walk of Game and the Guinness Book of World Records has recognised her as the " Most Successful Human Virtual Game Heroine.

Phillips has remained busy in both stage and television productions, along with character roles in films like Empire of the Sun ( 1987 ) directed by Steven Spielberg and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider ( 2001 ).

She has two children by her former husband Manny Arvesu ( Julian and Lara Giuiliana ).

Helen Spitz ' boyfriend, Who also has two twin daughter's Lara And Sara who drive Sharon crazy, he struggles hard to be supportive of her and tries bonding with her offspring with not always successful results especially with Sharon or Adam.

He also commentates on the matches-a role he has also played in Brian Lara International Cricket series-and has found success.

* Lara Kriegel, in her 2007 book Grand Designs: Labor, Empire, and the Museum in Victorian Culture, has examined Haydon's activities as a design reformer, especially his argument that mechanics and artisans should learn to draw from the figure in order to learn principles of taste.

Gordonstoun also has a notable fictional alumna, the heroine of Tomb Raider, Lara Croft was supposed to have attended the school in sixth year, and has also been used to advertise it.

The local radio stations are BBC Radio Humberside ( which has a studio on Victoria Street manned by Lara King ), Lincs FM, Viking FM and the exclusively North East Lincolnshire-based Compass FM.

Films based on British historical events ; RMS Titanic, Piracy in the Caribbean, Mutiny on the Bounty, The Great Escape, historical people ; William Wallace, Lawrence of Arabia, King Arthur, Elizabeth I, British stories ; The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, James Bond, The Chronicles of Narnia, Sherlock Holmes, Frankenstein, A Christmas Carol, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Treasure Island, The War of the Worlds among many others, while British video game Tomb Raider featuring English archaeologist Lara Croft, has been made into feature films.

Lara Croft is depicted as an athletic woman ; she has brown eyes and hair, frequently kept in a plait or ponytail.

Lara Croft has appeared in two motion pictures.

The city contains two museums, one dedicated to Agustín Lara and the other a military ship that has been converted into a museum.

To date it has received in excess of 4. 5 million hits and portrays Dora as a ' Lara Croft ' type teenaged adventurer.

The station has had an entertainment focus, featuring artist such as: Manuel " Maber " Bernal, Emilio Tuero, Juan Arvizu, Luis Arcaráz, Nicolás Urcelay, Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, Los Panchos, Juan García Esquivel, Mario Ruiz Armengol, Maria Luisa Landín, María Victoria, Mario Moreno Cantinflas, Germán Valdés " Tin-Tan ", Agustín Lara, Toña la Negra, Angelines Fernández, Carmen Rey, Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete, Pedro Vargas, Gustavo Adolfo Palma from Guatemala, Fernando Fernández, Eulalio González " Piporro ", Francisco Gabilondo Soler (" Cri-Cri "), Hugo Avendaño, Amparo Montes, Héctor Martínez Serrano, Antonio Aguilar, Paco Stanley among others.

When he was 15 years old, he played in his first West Indian under-19 youth tournament and that same year, Lara represented West Indies in Under-19 cricket.

Lara played in Trinidad and Tobago junior soccer and table tennis sides but Lara believed that cricket was his path to success, saying that he wanted to emulate his idols Gordon Greenidge, Viv Richards and Roy Fredericks.

Following this they played Australia in a four-Test series which was drawn 2 – 2, with Lara scoring 546 runs including three centuries and one double hundred.

Lara played his final international game on 21 April 2007 in a dead rubber World Cup game against England.

After expressing his interest to play in the 2011 fourth edition of the Indian Premier League ( IPL ), and despite not having have played active cricket for four years, Brian Lara still managed to attract the highest reserve price of $ 400, 000 ahead of the IPL players ' auction in early January 2011 ; however, no franchise bought him.

Lara was also a talented football player in his youth and often played with his close friends Dwight Yorke, Shaka Hislop and Russell Latapy while growing up together in Trinidad.

She played Superman's mother Lara on the doomed planet Krypton in Superman ( 1978 ) and its sequels, Superman II ( 1980 ) and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace ( 1987 ).

Bell ) or even the stage hand Kathy ( played by Lara Jill Miller ).

She played Special Agent Lara Macy in charge of the NCIS Office of Special Projects in Los Angeles.

Pablo Arnoldo Torrealba Torrealba ( born April 28, 1948 in Barquisimeto, Lara State, Venezuela ) is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves ( 1975 – 76 ), Oakland Athletics ( 1977 ) and Chicago White Sox ( 1978 – 79 ).

Alexander Melchor Pacheco Lara ( born July 19, 1973 in Caracas, Venezuela ), better known as Alex Pacheco, is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played for the Montreal Expos ().

William José " Willie " Martínez ( born January 4, 1978 in Barquisimeto, Lara State, Venezuela ) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians ().

Edwin Amilgar Hurtado ( born February 1, 1970 in Barquisimeto, Lara State, Venezuela ) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played with the Toronto Blue Jays ( 1995 ) and Seattle Mariners ( 1996 – 1997 ) and who is currently coaching in the Mexican Triple-A League for the Quintana Roo Tigres.

Edgar Fidel Cáceres ( born June 6, 1964 in Barquisimeto, Lara State, Venezuela ) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and switch-hitter who played for the Kansas City Royals as a replacement player during the players ' strike in the 1995 season.

Eddy Javier Díaz ( born September 29, 1971 in Barquisimeto, Lara State, Venezuela ) is a former second baseman and right-handed batter who played in Major League Baseball for the Milwaukee Brewers in 1997.

Dervla played Sonya alongside an exceptional cast which included Roger Allam ( as Vanya ), Timothy West and Lara Pulver.

He again played with Lara in the Venezuelan Winter League.

At the end of the season he hit. 311 with 11 doubles, 10 HR, 29 RBI in 46 games with Lara in the Venezuelan Winter League, making this the third time he played for Lara.

" Lara Flynn Boyle played Bradford's teenage daughter, Jackie.

Deol's second film of 2007 was Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, which saw him play the character of Steve / Satvinder Singh opposite Abhishek Bachchan ( who played a gypsy in London ), Preity Zinta, and Lara Dutta.

He played the piano in several clubs in Lausanne until beginning a fertile career as a composer, composing a number of songs including some made for Catherine Lara, Bernard Lavilliers and Isabelle Adjani.