Stuart Law takes charge as Nepal head coach, replaces Monty Desai

Former Australian cricketer Stuart Law has been appointed as the head coach of the Nepal National Cricket Team for the next two years. Stuart Law takes over from Monty Desai, whose contract with the Nepal National Cricket Team ended in February 2024.

Law’s wealth of coaching experience is expected to breathe new life into Nepal’s cricket journey. The former Australian cricketer has had a decorated coaching career, having worked with several international teams in the past, including his own national team.

Nepal appoints Stuart Law as Head Coach

Recently, Stuart Law worked with the USA National Cricket Team, where he led them to an unforgettable victory against Bangladesh in a T20I series and helped them advance to the Super Eights stage of the ICC T20 World Cup for the first time ever in 2024.

🇳🇵 Head Coach Appointed! 🚨

Australian legend Stuart Law @SLaw365 takes charge of Nepal Men’s National Cricket Team for the next two years! 🏏💪#NepalCricket pic.twitter.com/5G7C2H7H0f

— CAN (@CricketNep) March 28, 2025

However, the experienced coach’s tenure with the USA National Cricket Team ended abruptly in October 2024 after just over seven months in the top position.

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Meanwhile, Stuart Law has previously served as the head coach for the Bangladesh National Cricket Team and the West Indies and taken on interim coaching roles with the Sri Lanka National Cricket Team and the Afghanistan National Cricket Team.

The 55-year-old also coached the Bangladesh Under-19s and guided the senior team to their first-ever Asia Cup final in 2012. Additionally, Law worked on several key positions in his country, including batting coach for the Australian National Cricket Team and mentoring the Australian Under-19 team.

Stuart Law’s career in numbers

Speaking about Law’s career as a player, the former right-handed batter represented Australia in 54 ODIs and one Test and scored 1237 runs and 54 runs, respectively. He has one Test fifty and one hundred and seven fifties in ODI cricket to his name.

However, the former Australian cricketer had a remarkable career in the domestic arena, where he played 367 first-class matches, 392 List A matches, and 51 T20Is. Law has 27080 runs in first-class cricket, 11812 runs in List A cricket, and 1197 T20 runs to his name. He hit a total of 100 centuries and 197 fifties in domestic cricket across the formats.

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Stuart Law to start his new journey with a tri-series in Scotland

Meanwhile, the Nepal National Cricket Team has recently whitewashed the USA 3-0 in T20Is and secured a 3-0 win against Canada in an ODI series earlier in 2024 under Monty Desai. However, Nepal’s performance at the 2024 T20 World Cup in the USA was disappointing, as they failed to win a single match in the tournament.

Nepal also made their debut at the ODI Asia Cup in 2023 but could not secure a single victory. Law’s first challenge as Nepal’s head coach will be a tri-series in Scotland against Scotland and the Netherlands in June, as part of the World Cup League 2 fixtures.

With Nepal currently sitting second-last on the League 2 table, the pressure is on the former Queenslander to deliver results and steer the team to victory.