Stuart Grant Law (born 18 October 1968) is an Australian-born cricket coach and former
cricket
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er.
He played one
Test
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and 54
One Day International
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s (ODIs) for Australia. Law also captained Queensland to five
Sheffield Shield
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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
first-class cricket
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.
He is also a cricket coach,who has coached
Sri Lanka
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,
Bangladesh
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(2011–2012),
West Indies
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(2018-2019) and
Middlesex
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(2019–2021).
Domestic career
After a couple of seasons with the Australian youth team, Law made his
first-class debut for
Queensland
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in the 1988/89
Sheffield Shield
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, scoring 179 in his second match. In 1990/91 he had a superb season, with a
batting average
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Cricket
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over 75 and scoring more than 1,200 runs.
In 1996, Law made his English
County Championship
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debut, with
Essex
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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
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
for 2002.
During his first season with Lancashire, Law was awarded his
county cap
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. 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
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's resignation as captain at the end of the 2007 season, Law was appointed Lancashire captain ahead of players such as
Dominic Cork
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,
Glen Chapple
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and
Luke Sutton
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Education
Sutto ...
. 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
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in limited overs cricket in 2009.
Law has represented the
Chennai Superstars
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The team ...
in the
Indian Cricket League
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as their captain.
International career
Law made his debut for
Australia
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in a
one day international
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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
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...
, the opening match of a
home series against Sri Lanka. Playing in place of the injured
Steve Waugh
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, Law scored 54
not out
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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
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in 1998. In 2007, he was awarded the
Medal of the Order of Australia
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.
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
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on a two-year contract, starting on 15 February 2018 .
He coached
Middlesex
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(2019–2021).
See also
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One Test Wonder
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References
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1968 births
Living people
Australia One Day International cricketers
Australia Test cricketers
Australian expatriate sportspeople in England
Australian cricketers
Australian cricket coaches
Big Bash League coaches
Cricketers from Brisbane
Cricketers at the 1996 Cricket World Cup
Chennai Superstars cricketers
Coaches of the Bangladesh national cricket team
Derbyshire cricketers
Essex cricketers
ICL World XI cricketers
Lancashire cricket captains
Lancashire cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Middlesex cricket coaches
People educated at Brisbane State High School
Queensland cricket captains
Queensland cricketers
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
Wisden Cricketers of the Year