Stuart Law

Stuart Grant Law OAM (born 18 October 1968) is an Australian-born cricket coach and former cricketer.

Stuart Law

Personal information
Full name	Stuart Grant Law
Born	(1968-10-18) 18 October 1968 Herston, Queensland, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium, leg spin
International information
National side	Australia (1994–1999)
Only Test (cap 365)	8 December 1995 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 121)	2 December 1994 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	13 February 1999 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1988/89–2003/04	Queensland
1996–2001	Essex
2002–2008	Lancashire
2009	Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 1 54 367 392 Runs scored 54 1,237 27,080 11,812 Batting average – 26.89 50.52 34.43 100s/50s 0/1 1/7 79/128 20/64 Top score 54* 110 263 163 Balls bowled 18 807 8,433 3,855 Wickets 0 12 83 90 Bowling average – 52.91 51.03 35.17 5 wickets in innings – 0 1 1 10 wickets in match – 0 0 0 Best bowling – 2/22 5/39 5/26 Catches/stumpings 1/– 12/– 407/– 154/–
Source: Cricinfo.com, 27 July 2009

He played one Test and 54 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for Australia. Law also captained Queensland to five Sheffield Shield titles and two one day trophies, making him the most successful captain in Australian domestic cricket; he is also Queensland's all-time leading run scorer in first-class cricket.[1]

He is also a cricket coach, and was head coach of the Sri Lanka, Bangladesh (2011–2012) and West Indies cricket teams (2018-2019).

He was appointed Head Coach of Middlesex County Cricket Club on 24 September 2018, which took effect in January 2019.

Domestic career

After a couple of seasons with the Australian youth team, Law made his first-class debut for Queensland in the 1988/89 Sheffield Shield, scoring 179 in his second match. In 1990/91 he had a superb season, with a batting average over 75 and scoring more than 1,200 runs.

In 1996, Law made his English County Championship debut, with Essex, and such was his success in England that he averaged over 55 in all but one of his six seasons at the county, making his career-best score of 263 in 1999. However, disagreements within the club led him to leave for Lancashire for 2002.

During his first season with Lancashire, Law was awarded his county cap.[2] Apart from an enforced absence through injury for part of the 2004 season, Law continued to pile up the runs for his new team, scoring 1,820 in 2003 at an exceptional average of 91, and after hitting 1,277 championship runs in 2007, signed a new one-year deal with the club.[3] Following Mark Chilton's resignation as captain at the end of the 2007 season, Law was appointed Lancashire captain ahead of players such as Dominic Cork, Glen Chapple and Luke Sutton.[4] He was released in October 2008 to be replaced by Glen Chapple as captain for the 2009 season, before signing a contract to play for Derbyshire in limited overs cricket in 2009.[5]

Law has represented the Chennai Superstars in the Indian Cricket League as their captain.[6]

International career

Law made his Australia debut in a One Day International in 1994/95, and captained Young Australia in England the following summer. In 1995/96 he played his only Test match in place of the injured Steve Waugh, making an unbeaten half-century, and subsequently being dropped upon Waugh's recovery. As Law was not picked for Australia again, he is now in the unusual position of being a test cricketer without a batting average.

It was a different story in one-day cricket, and he played more than fifty times for his country in that form of the game, including the 1996 World Cup. He was a middle-order batsman, and he occasionally contributed with some right-arm leg spin bowling.

Honours

Law was selected as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1998.[7] In 2007, he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.[8]

Coaching career

Law was appointed as Sri Lanka's assistant coach in October 2009. He was then head coach in 2011–2012 of Bangladesh Cricket when Trevor Bayliss left shortly after the 2011 world cup. The Pakistan Cricket Team was trying to make him their coach but Mickey Arthur was announced the head coach instead .[9][10] On 27 January 2017, Stuart Law was appointed as the head coach of West Indies Cricket team on a two-year contract, starting on 15 February 2018 .[11]

See also

• One Test Wonder

References

1. Cricinfo staff (14 November 2007). "Law takes on Lancashire captaincy". Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2007.
2. Evans, Colin (2 September 2002), "Ronnie ruins Law's big day", Manchester Evening News, retrieved 23 September 2011
3. "Law Commits To Lancs", 2 November 2007, www.ecb.co.uk Archived 5 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Law takes on Lancashire captaincy". BBC Online. 14 November 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2007.
5. "Derbyshire Sign Law For 2009 Limited Overs Campaign". Cricket World. 24 March 2009. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
6. Cricinfo staff (14 November 2007). "Lara and Inzamam named in ICL teams". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
7. "Wisden Cricketers of the Year". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
8. "Aussie honour for Lancs star Law". BBC Sport. 25 January 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
9. Stuart Law Named Bangladesh Cricket Head Coach, BangladeshFirst.com, 27 June 2011, retrieved 9 January 2013
10. Shankar, Ajay S (23 October 2009). "Stuart Law named Sri Lanka's assistant coach". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
11. "Stuart Law named West Indies coach". espncricinfo.com. espncricinfo.com. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

External links

• Stuart Law at ESPNcricinfo

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ian Healy	Queensland ING Cup captain 1999/00–2002/03	Succeeded by Jimmy Maher
Preceded by Ian Healy	Queensland Sheffield Shield captain 1999/00–2002/03	Succeeded by Jimmy Maher
Preceded by Mark Chilton	Lancashire captain 2008	Succeeded by Glen Chapple
Preceded by Richard Scott	Middlesex coach 2019 to date	Succeeded by Incumbent