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

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er. He is the current head coach of Nepal National Cricket Team. He was a part of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the

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. He played one

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and 54

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s (ODIs) for Australia. Law also captained Queensland to five

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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

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. He is also a cricket coach, who has coached

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(2011),

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(2011–2012),

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(2018–2019),

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(2019–2021) and Nepal (2025-ongoing)

Early life

Law was born and raised in

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, Australia. He attended Brisbane State High School.

Domestic career

After a couple of seasons with the Australian youth team, Law made his first-class debut for

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in the 1988/89

, scoring 179 in his second match. In 1990/91, he had a superb season, with a

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over 75 and scoring more than 1,200 runs. In 1996, Law made his English

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debut, with

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, 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

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for 2002. During his first season with Lancashire, Law was awarded his county cap. 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. 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. 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

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in limited overs cricket in 2009. Law has represented the Chennai Superstars in the

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as their captain.

International career

Law made his debut for

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in a

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in 1994, and captained Young Australia in England the following summer. In total, Law played 54 one day matches for Australia between 1994 and 1999, including the 1996 World Cup. He batted mainly in the middle order, and took 12 wickets with a mix of medium pace and leg spin bowling. In December 1995, he played his only Test match, the opening match of a home series against Sri Lanka. Playing in place of the injured

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, Law scored 54

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. Law was dropped when Waugh returned for the following match.

Honours

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

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. 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 . He also coached

(2019–2021). In February 2022, Law was named interim head coach of

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. In June 2022, he was appointed head coach of the

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. In April 2024, Law was appointed as the new head coach of the United States national cricket team. On 26 October 2024, Law was terminated as head coach. On 28 March 2025, Law was appointed as the head coach of Nepal national cricket team for the next two years.

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