Stuart Law
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| Stuart Law | ||||
 Australia |
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Stuart Grant Law | |||
| Born | 18 October 1968 | |||
| Herston, Queensland, Australia | ||||
| Batting style | Right-hand | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium, leg spin | |||
| International information | ||||
| Test debut (cap 365) | 8 December 1995: v Sri Lanka | |||
| Last Test | 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 | |||
| 2002–present | Lancashire (squad no. 2) | |||
| 1988/9–2003/4 | Queensland | |||
| 1996–2001 | Essex | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Tests | ODIs | FC | LA | |
| Matches | 1 | 54 | 352 | 375 |
| Runs scored | 54 | 1237 | 26337 | 11419 |
| Batting average | n/a | 26.89 | 51.33 | 34.81 |
| 100s/50s | 0/1 | 1/7 | 78/124 | 20/61 |
| Top score | 54* | 110 | 263 | 163 |
| Balls bowled | 18 | 807 | 8433 | 3855 |
| Wickets | 0 | 12 | 83 | 90 |
| Bowling average | n/a | 52.91 | 51.03 | 35.17 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | n/a | 2/22 | 5/39 | 5/26 |
| Catches/stumpings | 1/– | 12/– | 394/– | 150/– |
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As of 14 November 2007 |
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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. [1]
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 Pura Cup 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.[2]
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.[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]
Law was selected as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1998.[5]
Law will represent the Chennai Superstars in the Indian Cricket League as their captain.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Aussie honour for Lancs star Law. BBC Sport (2007-01-25). Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
- ^ Cricinfo staff (2007-11-14). Law takes on Lancashire captaincy. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
- ^ "Law Commits To Lancs", November 2nd, 2007, www.ecb.co.uk
- ^ Law takes on Lancashire captaincy. BBC Online (2007-11-14). Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
- ^ Wisden Cricketers of the Year. Cricket Archive. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
- ^ Cricinfo staff (2007-11-14). Lara and Inzamam named in ICL teams. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
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| 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 |
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