Stuart Law

Infobox cricketer biography
playername = Stuart Law


country = Australia
fullname = Stuart Grant Law
nickname =
living = true
dayofbirth = 18
monthofbirth = 10
yearofbirth = 1968
placeofbirth = Herston, Queensland
countryofbirth = Australia
dayofdeath =
monthofdeath =
yearofdeath =
placeofdeath =
countryofdeath =
heightft =
heightinch =
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batting = Right-hand
bowling = Right-arm medium, leg spin
role =
international = true
testdebutdate = 8 December
testdebutyear = 1995
testdebutagainst = Sri Lanka
testc

lasttestdate = 8 December
lasttestyear = 1995
lasttestagainst = Sri Lanka
odidebutdate = 2 December
odidebutyear = 1994
odidebutagainst = Zimbabwe
odic

lastodidate = 13 February
lastodiyear = 1999
lastodiagainst = England
odishirt =
club1 = Lancashire
year1 = 2002–present
clubnumber1 = 2
club2 = Queensland
year2 = 1988/9–2003/4
club3 = Essex
year3 = 1996–2001
deliveries = balls
columns = 4
column1 = Tests
matches1 = 1
runs1 = 54
bat avg1 = n/a
100s/50s1 = 0/1
top score1 = 54*
deliveries1 = 18
wickets1 = 0
bowl avg1 = n/a
fivefor1 = 0
tenfor1 = 0
best bowling1 = n/a
catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
column2 = ODIs
matches2 = 54
runs2 = 1237
bat avg2 = 26.89
100s/50s2 = 1/7
top score2 = 110
deliveries2 = 807
wickets2 = 12
bowl avg2 = 52.91
fivefor2 = 0
tenfor2 = n/a
best bowling2 = 2/22
catches/stumpings2 = 12/–
column3 = FC
matches3 = 352
runs3 = 26337
bat avg3 = 51.33
100s/50s3 = 78/124
top score3 = 263
deliveries3 = 8433
wickets3 = 83
bowl avg3 = 51.03
fivefor3 = 1
tenfor3 = 0
best bowling3 = 5/39
catches/stumpings3 = 394/–
column4 = LA
matches4 = 375
runs4 = 11419
bat avg4 = 34.81
100s/50s4 = 20/61
top score4 = 163
deliveries4 = 3855
wickets4 = 90
bowl avg4 = 35.17
fivefor4 = 1
tenfor4 = n/a
best bowling4 = 5/26
catches/stumpings4 = 150/–
date = 14 November
year = 2007
source = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/6274.html Cricinfo.com

Stuart Grant Law OAM (born 18 October 1968 in Herston, Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer, although he now has British citizenship and has settled in England. Theoretically he could now play international cricket for England, but because of his age and the current England squad already being well-established, is unlikely to do so. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in January 2007. [cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6299655.stm | title=Aussie honour for Lancs star Law | date=2007-01-25 | accessdate=2007-01-26 | publisher=BBC Sport]

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 only his second match. In 1990/91 he had a superb season, averaging over 75 with the bat and piling up more than 1,200 runs. Law captained Queensland to four 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. [cite web |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/319738.html |author=Cricinfo staff |title=Law takes on Lancashire captaincy |publisher=Cricinfo |date=2007-11-14 |accessdate=2007-11-14]

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 first and only Test match in place of the injured Steve Waugh, making an unbeaten half-century, and subsequently being dropped upon Waugh's recovery. 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. He was a solid middle-order batsmen, and he occasionally contributed with some handy right-arm leg spin bowling.

1996 saw Law make his English County Championship bow, 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. Apart from an enforced absence through injury for part of the 2004 season, Law has 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. [ [http://www.ecb.co.uk/domestic/law-signs-new-lancashire-deal,15477,EN.html "Law Commits To Lancs", November 2nd, 2007, www.ecb.co.uk] ] 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. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/lancashire/7094363.stm |author= |title=Law takes on Lancashire captaincy |publisher=BBC Online |date=2007-11-14 |accessdate=2007-11-14]

Law was selected as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1998. [cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/Overall/Wisden_Cricketers_of_the_Year.html |author= |title=Wisden Cricketers of the Year |publisher=Cricket Archive |accessdate=2007-11-20]

Law has represented the Chennai Superstars in the Indian Cricket League as their captain. [cite web |url= http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/icl/content/story/320289.html |author=Cricinfo staff |title= Lara and Inzamam named in ICL teams |publisher=Cricinfo |date=2007-11-14 |accessdate=2007-11-20]

References

External links

* [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/6274.html Cricinfo Player Profile : Stuart Grant Law]