Editing Brian Lara (section)

===2010 return===
[[File:Brian Lara, Lord's Bicentenary Anniversary Match (2014) 04.jpg|thumb|Brian Lara bats during a warm-up for the [[Bicentenary Celebration match]] in 2014]]
After negotiations between [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] and Lara for the [[2010 Friends Provident t20]] failed to come to anything,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22581137|title=Lara lined up for Surrey comeback |date=16 April 2010 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> Lara declared that he still wanted to sign a contract to play [[Twenty20]] cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22537230|title=Lara maintains Twenty20 comeback plans |date=26 June 2010 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> Late in the year he joined [[Southern Rocks]], a Zimbabwean side, to compete in the [[2010–11 Stanbic Bank 20 Series]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22494266|title=Rocks sign Lara, Sidebottom for T20 |date=5 November 2010 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> On his debut for the Rocks, and his first-ever Twenty20 match,<ref name=ciprof/> he scored a half-century, top-scoring for the Rocks with 65.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22491746|title=Mountaineers, Eagles open with wins |date=13 November 2010 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> He added 34 runs in his next two innings, but then left the competition, citing "commitments elsewhere".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22490335|title=Lara signs as Zimbabwe 'batting consultant' |date=18 November 2010 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref>

After expressing his interest to play in the 2011 fourth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crickblog.com/entry/lara-reiterates-interest-in-making-debut-in-ipl-4/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708203539/http://www.crickblog.com/entry/lara-reiterates-interest-in-making-debut-in-ipl-4/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 July 2011 |title=Lara Reiterates Interest in Making Debut in IPL 4 |author=Sreelata Yellamrazu |publisher=Cric Blog |date=28 June 2010 |access-date=30 December 2010 }}</ref> and despite not having 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;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22485808|title=Lara, Dravid in highest price band for IPL auction
|date=21 December 2010|access-date=18 April 2020|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/report/gilchrist-lara-in-top-slot-for-ipl-auctions/20101221.htm|title=Gilchrist, Lara in top bracket for IPL auctions
|date=21 December 2010|access-date=30 December 2010|publisher=rediff SPORTS}}</ref> however, no franchise bought him.

In July 2014, he played for the MCC side in the [[Bicentenary Celebration match]] at [[Lord's]].<ref>{{cite web |title=MCC v Rest of the World – 5 July |url=http://www.lords.org/fixtures/fixtures-and-tickets/mcc-v-rest-of-the-world-5-july/ |work=Lord's |date=5 July 2014 |access-date=5 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707031308/http://www.lords.org/fixtures/fixtures-and-tickets/mcc-v-rest-of-the-world-5-july/ |archive-date=7 July 2014 }}</ref>

On 18 November 2016, Brian Lara signed with Newcastle C&S D5's side The Bennett Hotel Centurions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/4303773/lara-signs-on-for-d5s/|title=Brian Lara signs for The Bennett Hotel D5's cricket team|author=theherald|date=20 November 2016|access-date=20 March 2017|archive-date=20 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320145016/http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4303773/lara-signs-on-for-d5s/|url-status=live}}</ref>