Later versions of the game would drop Shane Warne and pick up Ricky Ponting for its endorsement in Australia and New Zealand. Though to players in Australia and New Zealand it was officially endorsed by another International superstar of the game Shane Warne and thus the game was released as Shane Warne Cricket '99.
Brian Lara Cricket '99 (BLC99) was released in 1998 to a worldwide audience. Besides being released on the Playstation it was available on PC to run on Windows '95 or '98. This series of Brian Lara cricket games was developed and published by Codemasters. As that game was actually just a budget release of a cricket sports game: Graham Gooch World Class Cricket, which was only available for release in the United Kingdom.
This series should not be confused with a similarly titled Brian Lara Cricket, one that was developed by Audiogenic.
