2024-04-20 00:07:28
New Delhi: Former Australian cricketer Stuart Law has been appointed the head coach of the US men’s cricket team ahead of the ICC T20 World Cup to be held in America and West Indies from June 2. Law will join the team for the three-match T20 series against Bangladesh next month. Law, who has played 54 ODIs and one Test match for Australia, said, ‘Joining American cricket at this time is an exciting opportunity. The United States is one of the strongest associate nations in this sport and I believe we can build a strong team going forward. The first task will be to prepare the team for the series against Bangladesh and then we will have an eye on our home World Cup which will be huge.
The coaching career of this 55-year-old player has been special. He started his coaching career in 2009 as the assistant coach of Sri Lanka. His first stint as head coach was with Bangladesh in 2011–12. After this he took charge of West Indies till 2017–18 on a two-year contract. Law was made the interim head coach of Afghanistan in 2022 and in the same year he was appointed the head coach of Bangladesh Under-19 team. He was also the coach of England’s county team Middlesex from 2019–21.
As a player, Stuart Law made his debut for Australia in 1994. He was a member of the Australian team that finished runner-up in the 1996 World Cup. He was included in Wisden’s five best players of the year in 1998, and was awarded the ‘Medal of the Order of Australia’ in 2007. USA played against Bangladesh on 21, 23 and 25 May at the Prairie View Cricket Complex in Houston, Texas. Will play three T-20 international matches against.
Following the 2011 World Cup, Law briefly served as Sri Lanka’s interim coach before joining Bangladesh’s coaching staff. He had some success and led Bangladesh to the Asia Cup final for the first time, but had to leave the job after nine months. He returned to Australia and held a number of roles including batting coach for the national team, a job at CA’s Center of Excellence and coaching the under-19 team.