da roleta： Stuart Law today announced he was standing down as captain of the XXXX Queensland Bulls in the wake of last week’s historic Pura Cup championship.
Queensland Cricket01-Apr-2002Stuart Law today announced he was standing down as captain of the XXXX Queensland Bulls in the wake of last week’s historic Pura Cup championship.Law, 33, told a media conference at Queensland Cricket Headquarters thatthe decision to relinquish the captaincy was largely due to familyreasons.”I can’t give the time to the game as I have done in the past," he saidtoday. “I’ve been thinking long and hard about this for 12 to 18 monthsand with my wife Deb and I having a little boy, I think it’s time for meto step aside and let someone else take over”Law said he intended to continue playing for Queensland and hoped hecould fill a similar role to that played by Allan Border after heretired from international cricket when he played a further two seasonswith the Bulls in 1994-95 and 1995-96.”Allan taught me and all of the players an enormous amount in thatperiod. He was coming off an exceptional international career, and thatis something I won’t bring to the team, but I think I have played enoughcricket to help out as a senior player in the squad."”It’s no secret that my form hasn’t been the best this season but Ibelieve that standing down from the captaincy will give me an addedlease of life for the next few seasons and allow me to continue enjoyingcricket without the additional pressures and responsibility of thecaptaincy."”It was not an easy decision but it I know that it is the right decisionto make for the team and Queensland Cricket. The new captain will havethe chance to forge a relationship with the new coach, as I did withBennett King, and put his energies into continuing Queensland’s run ofsuccess. We are very fortunate to have an exceptional group of seniorplayers in the squad who bring a lot to the team and like them, I willbe right behind whoever is appointed."Law met with King on Thursday to broach the subject and elected to makehis decision public today before departing tomorrow morning for Englandwith wife Debbie and 12-week-old son Max.Law will commence the first year of a two-year contract with Lancashirefollowing a long and successful career with Essex.Law has been in charge of Queensland’s five domestic first classchampionship teams in the past eight years, including the Bulls’hat-trick of Pura Cup titles, and two one-day championships.He has captained Queensland on 69 occasions, with 38 wins, 10 losses and21 draws, to be Queensland’s most successful captain of all-time.Queensland Cricket Chairman Damien Mullins said the process to appoint anew captain would not begin until the ACB contacted player list wasfinalised.”Once the national list is completed, the Queensland selectors willfinalise the Bulls squad for 2002-2003 and make a recommendation to theBoard on the captain," he said.”The Board will discuss the appointment and make whateverrecommendations it feels necessary before the new captain isannounced," Mullins said.”It would not be appropriate to speculate on who the new captain wouldbe at this point. Queensland Cricket has been very fortunate to have aleader such as Stuart to call upon in the past eight or nine seasons andhis exceptional leadership qualities have been clearly demonstrated byhis announcement today to step aside,” he said.While Law was injured during the season, Jimmy Maher and Martin Loveboth led the Bulls to victories in the ING Cup and Pura Cup competitionswhile Matthew Hayden has also successfully captained the Bulls in thepast.