Stuart Law appointed to new coaching role

Former Australia Test batsman and current Bangladesh coach Stuart Law has been appointed high performance coach at Cricket Australia's Centre of Excellence.

Law's role in the newly-created position will be to assist head coach Troy Cooley to provide tactical and technical support to Australian cricketers in state and national programs, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday.

Centre of Excellence manager Belinda Clark said Law had enjoyed success as a coach with Sri Lanka, leading them to the World Cup final in 2011, and with Bangladesh, which reached the Asia Cup final last month.

Clark said "his knowledge of the subcontinent and England, and his experience with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, will bring a global perspective to the COE."