Even after his international retirement Brian Lara can continue to play cricket for the West Indies on a screen near you.

Courtesy of Codemasters, an all-new Brian Lara challenge is heading for Sony’s PSP handheld system. The newest iteration in the cricket series will be Brian Lara 2007 Pressure Play, which will be coming this summer.

This new title is being specifically designed for PSP gaming and will lead with the Pressure Play Mission Mode, a new and exclusive game mode consisting of bite-sized burst-play challenges that cover every nuance of cricket.

Progressing from easier “bowl a maiden over” challenges for the beginner to more difficult “one-ball-left-to-win” scenarios, Pressure Play allows the player to train and then master the sport of cricket via specific pressurized objectives. There are 16 unique missions to master ranging from Knowledge, Winners, Classic Matches, Masters and more off the wall “Googly” challenges.

The game also features a full ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 mode where players can compete as all of the stars of International Cricket in this ICC Officially Licensed Event. The game comes with 16 licensed international teams with official kits, 240 licensed international players and officially licensed ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 stadiums.

On the multiplayer side of things, Brian Lara 2007 Pressure Play comes with an ad-hoc multiplayer mode where two players can battle it our in a one-on-one ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 warm-up match.

Brian Lara 2007 Pressure Play comes complete with an ad-hoc Multiplayer mode in which 2 players can compete wirelessly in a one-on-one ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 warm-up match. Cricket fans can recreate their favorite games from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 wirelessly such as Ireland’s historic victory over Pakistan, India’s dramatic defeat by Bangladesh and England’s exciting run chase against the West Indies.

I am unsure if any West Indian want to relive the ICC CWC 2007 fiasco but the game looks to be entertaining regardless. I wonder if this is the last of the cricket games featuring Brian and possibly a West Indian cricketer until we get our act together. We can always hope and look forward to a FIFA game portraying us if we can make it to South Africa in 2010.

Released screen shots can be found via Gamespot.