BCB likey to appoint Stuart Law as Bangladesh U-19 coach

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According to reports, former Australian player Stuart Law is in line to be appointed Bangladesh's Under-19 coach. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is likely to announce this appointment soon. He will take over the role from Naved Newaz, who was with the Bangladesh U-19 team for four long years and is currently with the Sri Lankan national side.


Speaking to Cricbuzz, BCB game development chairman Khaled Mahmud confirmed the same. He said, "We [BCB] are going to appoint Law as the head coach of our Under-19 team." 


Law's tenure is likely to last for a period of two years and he is expected to join the team sometime in July after Eid-ul-Adha.


This is not Law's first rodeo with the U-19 side, having served as a technical advisor during the ICC U-19 World Cup in 2016 held in Bangladesh itself.


The Herston-born was earlier involved with the Bangladesh men's national side from 2011-12, taking them into their first-ever Asia Cup final, losing to Pakistan in the 2012 edition.


The 53-year-old was recently involved with the Afghanistan national side, acting as their interim coach for the Bangladesh tour in March this year. Apart from coaching Afghanistan and Bangladesh, Law has been with Sri Lanka and West Indies national teams as well. In addition, he coached Middlesex county from 2019 to 2021.


Born in Queensland, Law has played one Test and 54 One-Day Internationals for Australia, featuring in the 1996 ICC World Cup.


BCB has also approached former Indian opener, Wasim Jaffer to take up the role of a batting coach with the under-19 team.


In 2019, Jaffer worked at Bangladesh's Cricket Academy in Mirpur as a batting consultant with U-16 and U-19 boys.


The right-handed batter was also a consultant on the high-performance committee founded by the board. He had earlier played in the Dhaka Premier League for Abahani Limited in the 2018-19 season.


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