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Former Australia cricketer Stuart Law has been appointed as the interim head coach of the Afghanistan cricket team ahead of the Bangladesh series.

Afghanistan cricket board announced it on Saturday, “Former Australian middle-order batter Stuart Grant Law has been named as the interim head coach of national men’s cricket team for the Bangladesh Series,”

Stuart had already reached Bangladesh and will step up into the role of interim head coach ahead of the upcoming ODI and T20I series against Bangladesh. 

Stuart Law represented Australia in 54 One Day Internationals (ODIs) from 1994-1999 including the ICC Cricket World Cup 1996, having one hundred and 7 half-centuries to his name. He last played for Australia in 1995.

Law played coaching roles at different levels, the biggest of them being the batting consultant for the Australian team. After the 2011 World Cup, Law briefly acted as Sri Lanka’s interim coach before being appointed as the head coach of Bangladesh in 2011-2012.

He led Bangladesh to their first Asia Cup final but stood down nine months into the job. He later worked with Bangladesh Under-19s and West Indies as well as spending time as a batting consultant for Australia.

Bangladesh and Afghanistan will lock horns in the first ODIs on February 23, with the 2nd and 3rd ODI to be played on 25th and 28th February respectively. The two T20Is are scheduled for 3rd and 5th March in Mirpur.