Cricket Australia announced Tuesday it had appointed former Bangladesh coach Stuart Law to a high-performance role at Australian cricket’s Centre of Excellence.
Law, who played one test and 54 one-day internationals for Australia, will return to his home city of Brisbane to take up the appointment.
He will assist Centre of Excellence head coach Troy Cooley in providing tactical and technical support and development to Australian cricketers in the state and national programs.
Law, 43, quit his role as Bangladesh coach this week less than one year into a two-year contract.
“The opportunity to return home to be closer with family and work in Brisbane with Australia’s established and emerging talent was too good to pass up,” Law said in a statement.
Bangladesh cricket coach Stuart Law has expressed fears about the team’s scheduled tour to troubled Pakistan, where international cricket has been suspended for three years.
Bangladesh are set to be the first team to visit Pakistan since a militant attack on the Sri Lankan team bus during the Lahore Test in 2009, when eight people died and seven visiting players and an assistant coach were injured.
“It’s got to be made sure by the two associating boards that everyone is 100 percent safe to go,” he said in comments reported in Tuesday’s Dhaka-based New Age newspaper. “I cannot speak on behalf of the players. I have spent time with the players and everyone is a bit concerned. Not just Bangladesh, but the other teams as well,” he said. “The first initial response from the players around the world is: ‘I don’t want to go.'”
Bangladesh will play one 50-over game and a Twenty20 international on April 29 and 30 in Lahore, a move hailed by Pakistani political leaders, players and fans. But newspapers in Bangladesh criticised Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chief Mustafa Kamal for agreeing to the tour.
