Brian Lara, one of the most fascinating, prolific and enigmatic cricketers ever to grace the game, confirmed bringing down curtains on his illustrious career once the World Cup is over.Lara, in his third and most impressive stint as the West Indies captain, wanted to go on a high but yesterday's 67-run defeat against South Africa dashed the hosts' hopes for a semifinal berth in the mega event.Lara was under fire for the team's poor Super Eight show and former players Michael Holding, Colin Croft and Joel Garner have been demanding his sacking. Though legendary Gary Sobers and batting great Everton Weeks threw their weight behind him, Lara decided he had to go."I think this is the end of my one-day career, for sure," Lara told the ICC. "I honestly feel my game is over and we should give it to one of the younger players. It's really tough playing one-day internationals out there," he added."After the World Cup, the next one-day tournament for the West Indies is in June in England and I'd love to sit back and watch and see the team do well," he said.Lara will be leading the West Indies against Bangladesh and England in the remaining Super Eight matches and though the semifinal hopes have vanished, he said the matches did matter a lot for the side. "These might be my last two one-day internationals but I still want to see the team moving out of this competition learning something from it and that's all I can hope for," he said.
