Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword-Dr. Perry Mars -- Introduction: Beyond the Mesopotamian Mirage -- Exploratory Sociological Foundation -- Bowling Beyond the Mesopotamian Mirage -- Brian Lara and the Periphery of Politics -- Strengthening the Lara-Obama Similarities -- Simply Cricket, Lovely Cricket, for Lords, Knights, Ladies, Gentlemen, and More -- Cricket, Courts, and Climate Change -- Brian Lara on the Boundary of Respectability -- Brian Lara on a Sticky Wicket -- Caribbean Cricketing Links -- Brian Lara Batting on the Road To Captaincy -- The Core of Brian Lara's Captaincy -- Still on a Sticky Wicket -- Well Outside the Line -- Bibliography -- Glossary. |