Full name Stuart Grant Law
Born October 18, 1968, Herston, Brisbane, Queensland
Current age 41 years 24 days
Major teams Australia, Chennai Superstars, Derbyshire, Essex, Lancashire, Marylebone Cricket Club, Queensland
Nickname Lawman, The Judge
Playing role Higher middle order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium, Legbreak googly
Height 6.01
Education Craigslea State High School, Brisbane
Relation Brother - P Law
Batting | Bowling | Career statistics | Profile | Notes | Latest Articles | Latest Photos
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 1 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 54* | - | 118 | 45.76 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ODIs | 54 | 51 | 5 | 1237 | 110 | 26.89 | 1643 | 75.28 | 1 | 7 | 72 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| First-class | 367 | 601 | 65 | 27080 | 263 | 50.52 | 79 | 128 | 407 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 392 | 371 | 28 | 11812 | 163 | 34.43 | 20 | 64 | 154 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 51 | 49 | 4 | 1197 | 101 | 26.60 | 888 | 134.79 | 1 | 7 | 151 | 18 | 16 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 0 | - | - | - | 3.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 54 | 25 | 807 | 635 | 12 | 2/22 | 2/22 | 52.91 | 4.72 | 67.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 367 | 8433 | 4236 | 83 | 5/39 | 51.03 | 3.01 | 101.6 | 1 | 0 | |||
| List A | 392 | 3855 | 3166 | 90 | 5/26 | 5/26 | 35.17 | 4.92 | 42.8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 51 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 2/6 | 2/6 | 8.00 | 8.72 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Only Test | Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Dec 8-11, 1995 scorecard |
| Test statistics | |
| ODI debut | Australia v Zimbabwe at Perth, Dec 2, 1994 scorecard |
| Last ODI | Australia v England at Melbourne, Feb 13, 1999 scorecard |
| ODI statistics | |
| First-class debut | 1988/89 |
| Last First-class | Derbyshire v Surrey at Derby, Apr 22-25, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1988/89 |
| Last List A | Glamorgan v Derbyshire at Cardiff, May 20, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Nottinghamshire v Lancashire at Nottingham, Jun 16, 2003 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Yorkshire v Derbyshire at Leeds, Jun 28, 2009 scorecard |
The first Queenslander to captain his native side to a Sheffield Shield triumph, Stuart Law has enjoyed significant success with his State, plus Essex and now Lancashire. He has now gained British citizenship and plans to end his playing career at Old Trafford - although he has no intention of trying to add to his single Test cap. Law was a prolific batsman in Australian domestic cricket, but was around in an era when there was no shortage of quality batsman. Therefore, he was restricted to that solitary Test cap, against Sri Lanka at Perth in 1995-96, and scored an unbeaten half-century - leaving him without a Test average. His ODI career spanned 54 matches, but he was dropped before the Australians triumphant 1999 campaign in England. He continued to churn out endless streams of runs for Queensland, Essex and Lancashire, passing 1000 runs every English season from 1999-2003, and only injury prevented him continuing the streak in 2004. His stint at Essex ended in acrimonious fashion in 2001, and he signed for Lancashire, where he has continued to score consistently big runs - but has yet to win any trophies at Old Trafford. Showing that his enthusiasm isn't dimming he took on the Lancashire captaincy for 2008 although his participation in the Indian Cricket League was a contributory factor in his being released at the end of 2008, but he was snapped up by Derbyshire ahead of 2009.
Andrew McGlashan October 2008
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1998
- Stuart Law named Sri Lanka's assistant coach (Oct 23, 2009)
- Goodwin hundred sinks Surrey (May 10, 2009)
- Law set for surprise Derbyshire debut (Apr 14, 2009)
- Law signed up by Derbyshire (Mar 24, 2009)
- ICL a factor as Lancashire release Law (Oct 13, 2008)
May 29, 2009
Stuart Law and his Mongoose bat
© Getty Images
May 29, 2009
Stuart Law with the controversial mongoose bat
© Getty Images
May 22, 2009
Stuart Law poses with the Mongoose cricket bat
© Mat Hale
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