Lara signs for Aussie pub team

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West Indies batsman Brian Lara retired in 2007 with nearly 12,000 Test runs to his name and a highest first-class score of 501 not out. But it seems he could be about to make a comeback for the unlikeliest of teams. Lara was having a drink in a pub in the outskirts of Sydney when he was approached by players from the Bennett Hotel Centurions, a fifth-grade team made up of teachers, accountants and tradesmen. They got chatting and a couple of hours later a contract was produced. Lara duly signed, setting the wheels in motion for a story that is making its way around the world. The team's all-rounder and newly appointed "media liaison officer" Darren Wilton has been talking to Stumped. Photo: Brian Lara and the Bennett Hotel Centurions (Credit: Darren Wilton)