Stuart Law

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Stuart Law Australia (Aus)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Right-arm medium / leg-break googly (RM/LBG)
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	1	54
Runs scored	54	1237
Batting average	N/A	26.89
100s/50s	0/1	1/7
Top score	54*	110
Overs bowled	3	134.3
Wickets	0	12
Bowling average	N/A	52.91
5 wickets in innings	N/A	0
10 wickets in match	N/A	N/A
Best bowling	N/A	2-22
Catches/stumpings	1/0	12/0
As of 16 May 2005 Source: Cricinfo.com

Stuart Grant Law (born 18 October 1968 in Herston, 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.

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. He has captained his state to no fewer than five titles in the Shield and its successor, the "Pura Cup", and has scored more runs for Queensland than anyone else.

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.

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.

Law was selected as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1998.

Preceded by: Ian Healy	Queensland ING Cup captain 1999/00-2002/03	Succeeded by: Jimmy Maher
Preceded by: Ian Healy	Queensland Pura Cup captain 1999/00-2002/03	Succeeded by: Jimmy Maher