Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM ( born 2 May 1969, in Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago ) is a former West Indian international cricket player.

Brian Lara is popularly nicknamed as " The Prince of Port of Spain " or simply " The Prince ".

On 14 September 2012 Brian Lara was inducted to the ICC's Hall of Fame at the awards ceremony held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Brian Lara batting against Indian national cricket team | India at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados, in 2002.

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.

While the replays were inconclusive, the captain of the West Indies side, Brian Lara wanted Dhoni to walk-off based on the fielder's assertion of the catch.

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.

Brian Lara is also a golf player.

In the 1996 World Cup, he scored 78 and 45 * against New Zealand and Pakistan respectively as South Africa won their group but in the Quarter final with West Indies a Brian Lara century ended their ten game winning streak.

* 1969 – Brian Lara, Trinidadian cricketer

Many of the former cocoa-producing areas of Trinidad retain a distinctly Spanish flavour and many of the descendants of the Cocoa Panyols ( from ' espagnol ') remain in these areas including Trinidad and Tobago's most famous cricketer, Brian Lara.

* May 2 – Brian Lara, West Indian cricketer

The film also featured Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Lara Flynn Boyle, Brian Doyle-Murray, Robert Patrick ( spoofing his role in Terminator 2: Judgment Day ), Chris Farley, Ed O ' Neill, Ione Skye, Meat Loaf, and Alice Cooper.

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

This was a series of highs and lows: Brian Lara of the West Indies compiled a world record of 375 against them at Antigua ; England was bowled out for 46 to lose the third Test ( and with it the series ) but then roared back at Bridgetown to win the 4th Test thanks to two centuries from Alec Stewart.

On the border of Moseley is Edgbaston Cricket Ground scene of an heroic Ian Botham performance in 1981 and home of Warwickshire County Cricket Club for whom Brian Lara scored 501 not out in the 1994 County Championship ; a record in First Class Cricket which stands to this day, and will most likely never be broken.

* April 12 – West Indies ' Brian Lara regains the individual Test innings record from Matthew Hayden with 400 not out in the fourth Test against England in St. John's, Antigua

A recently opened exhibition, which celebrates the life and career of Brian Lara, is especially suitable for children.

At the beginning of the Frank Worrell series against the West Indies he stated in interviews before the match, that he would dismiss Sherwin Campbell for his 299th wicket, then remove star batsman Brian Lara for his 300th wicket the very next ball.

In the first innings of the First Test against Zimbabwe on 10 October 2003 at the WACA, Hayden scored 380 runs from only 437 balls to set a new world record for an individual Test innings, passing the previous record of Brian Lara ( 375 ), set in April 1994.

Border amassed 11, 174 Test runs ( a world record until it was passed by Brian Lara in 2005 ).

* Most career Test runs with 11, 174 runs, a record held until November 2005, when it was passed by the West Indian Brian Lara ( see: List of Test cricket records )

Left with a record run-chase in Barbados, the West Indies won by a single wicket, thanks to an unbeaten Brian Lara century.

At the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards on 6 November, Queen received the Global Icon Award, which Katy Perry presented to Brian May.

Starting pitcher Brian Rodaway received Pitcher of the Year Award after finishing a league-best 15-3.

That they belonged to the Uí Briúin Seóla may explain why he received the name Brian, which was rare among the Dál Cais.

Brian received a Wollensak tape recorder on his 16th birthday, allowing him to experiment with recording songs and early group vocals.

Louis-Dreyfus also received considerable critical acclaim for her performance on the show, with Brian Lowry of Variety stating that Louis-Dreyfus breaks the Seinfeld curse " with one of the best conventional half-hours to come along in a while.

The Blue Jays thus received only Kevin Beirne, Brian Simmons, and minor leaguer Mike Williams, and the mistake ultimately cost Ash his job.

The town made headlines in 2007 when Governor Brian Schweitzer gave the commencement address to the high school graduating class — one student, Roxie Britton, who received considerable soft news coverage for this distinction.

In the 18th century, the college received the Brian Boru harp, one of the three surviving medieval Gaelic harps, and a national symbol of Ireland, notably used on the Irish Euro coins.

In 1997, a government-appointed tribunal led by Judge Brian McCracken first revealed that Haughey had received substantial monetary gifts from businessmen, and that he had held secret offshore bank accounts in the Ansbacher Bank in the Cayman Islands.

The series received nearly universal positive reviews, with Shawkat's performance occasionally singled out for praise ; pop-culture commentator Brian M. Palmer remarked that she was " one of the brightest lights on a show populated solely by bright lights ," and Scott Weinberg of eFilmCritic described her as " one funny young lady.

That night Brian received news that the Viking forces had boarded their longships and headed out to sea, deserting Sigtrygg.

Yorke received his first guitar when he was seven, inspired by guitarist Brian May in a live performance with his band Queen.

The templates created by Russell are still used by other specialist lupin horticulturalists today e. g. Maurice and Brian Woodfield, nurserymen from Stratford-upon-Avon, who received the RHS Veitch Memorial Medal for their work on lupins in 2000.

The Matsuis had one son, Brian, who received his undergraduate and law degrees from Stanford University.

Some time after the virus outbreak, six people received invitations to stay at Stauf's mansion: Martine Burden, a former singer ; Edward and Elinor Knox, an older dissatisfied couple ; Julia Heine, a bank worker who reminisces of her youth ; Brian Dutton, a fellow shopowner ; and Hamilton Temple, a stage magician.

Honorary degrees have been received by many famed individuals including former President of the United States Bill Clinton, former President of Ireland Mary McAleese, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, poet Seamus Heaney, writers Seamus Deane, Brian Friel, Frank McGuinness and Colm Tóibín, activists May Blood and Aung San Suu Kyi, actors Amanda Burton and Ewan McGregor, racehorse trainer Vincent O ' Brien, bishops Seán Brady, Robin Eames, James Mehaffey, Edward Daly and Desmond Tutu, singers Enya, Van Morrison and Tommy Makem, politician John Hume, biotechnologist Charles Hamner, politicians and writers Garrett Fitzgerald and Conor Cruise O ' Brien, US lawyer John Connorton, US diplomat Jim Lyons, Gaelic football player Peter Canavan, rugby player David Humphreys, golfers Darren Clarke and Graeme McDowell, last governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten and triple jumper Jonathan Edwards.

A versionong by Brian Setzer received a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance of 1998.

Brian has finished working on the Fun Lovin ' Criminals 6th studio album, ' Classic Fantastic ', which was released 1 March 2010 and has received impressive reviews among fans.

It received generally positive reviews, and was compared to Pink Floyd, Tool, and Brian Eno.

In 1973 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Brian Josephson, for discovering the electron tunneling effect used in these diodes.

Hosted by Amanda MacKay and Brian Adler and taped in Vancouver, British Columbia, the show featured interviews with bands and singers, video requests, and a countdown of the ten songs that received the most votes at the Select website, starting at Number 10 on Monday and ending at Number 1 on Friday.

Hosted by Amanda MacKay, Brian Adler, Enisa Hot and taped in Vancouver, British Columbia, the show featured interviews with bands and singers, video requests, and a countdown of the ten songs that received the most votes at the Select website, starting at Number 10 on Monday and ending at Number 1 on Friday.

The work of Leo Esaki, Ivar Giaever and Brian David Josephson predicted the tunnelling of superconducting Cooper pairs, for which they received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973.

In 1982, Chinook Theatre's artistic director Brian Paisley received $ 50, 000 from Edmonton's Summerfest to put together " A Fringe Theatre Event " in Edmonton ’ s Old Strathcona District.