| Stuart Law | ||||
| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Herston is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 3km north of the Brisbane CBD. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Seam bowling is a phrase used for a Cricket bowling technique whereby the ball is deliberately bowled onto its seam to cause a random deviation A leg break is a type of delivery in the Sport of Cricket. It is the stock delivery of a right-handed Leg spin bowler This is a list of cricketers who have played at least one Test match for Australia. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The Sri Lankan cricket team is a national Cricket team representing Sri Lanka. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The Sri Lankan cricket team is a national Cricket team representing Sri Lanka. This is a list of Australian One-day International cricketers. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The Zimbabwean cricket team is a national Cricket team representing Zimbabwe. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Lancashire County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic 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. The Queensland Bulls are the Brisbane -based Queensland representative Cricket team in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments Sheffield Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county of Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations Note Most of the information here pertains to men's cricket ODI matches are also played in Women's cricket. First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day form of the Sport of Cricket. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 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. A delivery or ball in Cricket is a single action of Bowling a Cricket ball towards the Batsman. In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. 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/– |
As of 14 November 2007 | ||||
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. An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of Sports &ndash most notably Cricket and Baseball during For other uses see Stump (disambiguation Stump is a term used in the Sport of Cricket where has three different meanings Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Herston is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 3km north of the Brisbane CBD. Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland 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. The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in January 2007. Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia on 14 February 1975 "for the purpose of according recognition [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. First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by The Queensland Bulls are the Brisbane -based Queensland representative Cricket team in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments Sheffield Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) In 1990/91 he had a superb season, averaging over 75 with the bat and piling up more than 1,200 runs. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 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. The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. Note Most of the information here pertains to men's cricket ODI matches are also played in Women's cricket. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 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. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations Stephen Rodger Waugh, AO (born 2 June 1965 in Canterbury New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer and fraternal twin of Mark Waugh 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. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The County Championship is the domestic first class Cricket competition in England and Wales. Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic county of Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) However, disagreements within the club led him to leave for Lancashire for 2002. Lancashire County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. 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. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [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. Mark James Chilton (born October 2, 1976 in Sheffield, Yorkshire) is an English Cricketer. Dominic Gerald Cork (born 7 August 1971 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire) is an English Cricketer who bowls swing and Glen Chapple (born January 23, 1974 in Skipton, North Yorkshire) is an English Cricketer. Luke David Sutton (born October 4, 1976 in Keynsham) is an English Cricketer He is a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper [4]
Law was selected as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1998. The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are Cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) [5]
Law will represent the Chennai Superstars in the Indian Cricket League as their captain. Chennai Superstars is one of the eight teams playing in the Indian Cricket League (ICL founded in 2007 The Indian Cricket League (ICL is a private Cricket league that runs parallel to the Indian Premier League (IPL managed by BCCI. [6]
| 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 |