1996 Cricket World Cup was going on in India. In the quarter-final against New Zealand, Stuart Law, with a French-cut beard and Steve Va, came into bat to guide Australia to the semi-finals. Stuart is currently the head coach of the Nepalese cricket team.

In honor of the Nepali team invited by Kashiram Bhandari, an active social worker in the Nepali community in Scotland, Stuart was smiling and saying, 'Now there is no such style left, the beard is clean.' In the Forth Hill in Dundee, Nepal won an incredible 1-wicket victory over Scotland in the first match and defeated the Netherlands by 5 wickets in the next match. It was a shock result for Scotland and the Netherlands. 

Many have called it the beginning of the Stuart Law era in Nepali cricket. No matter how. The trip to Scotland was considered to be the most difficult for Nepalese cricket. If we look at the conditions, the wickets and the opponent, it was predicted that Nepal would be very difficult. However, after winning the first two matches, Nepal has risen from the bottom of League 2, i.e. from eighth to seventh place. The hope of preserving ODI international recognition is maintained. 

'Nepal is playing their toughest series yet, but they are doing well so far. Our goal is high, we want to end the journey with a high result," said Stewart, who became Nepal's head coach a month ago. Under his training, the Nepali cricket team has been reawakened and there is an atmosphere of confidence that it will return to a high rhythm again. 

It is not new for him to produce such results in associate zone cricket. Under his training, the United States reached the Super 'Eight' from the group stage, surpassing Pakistan and Ireland in the Twenty-20 World Cup on home soil last year. America defeated Pakistan in the Super Over in the group stage match. He is even more impressed by the spectators who are cheering Nepal to play well in Scotland. Last year, when Nepal played against the Netherlands in Dallas in the World Cup, more than 7,000 of the 8,000 spectators saw Nepalis, which he found incredible. He also has experience in English conditioning. He was also the coach of English county team Middlesex at one time. Nepal has yet to play 1-1 matches against Scotland and Netherlands in League 2 of this trip. These two games will be played on Sunday and Tuesday. After Monty Desai came as Nepal's coach in 2023, Nepal won 11 out of 12 matches. Stewart is also on the same path. 

'So far so good, good results in 2 matches. But this journey does not end here. Now we are preparing for the next two matches, we can reach the target and repeat the results of the first two matches," he says. "Our players are playing well. Scotland and the Netherlands will also work very hard to bring the result in their favor.' 

In 2009, Stewart was the assistant coach of the Sri Lankan national team. He then became the head coach of Bangladesh in 2011–12. From 2018 he was the head coach of West Indies. He also coached Afghanistan in 2022 for a series. 

Stuart Law and Monty Desai share almost the same temperament of not cowering under pressure, says captain Rohit Paudel. He said, 'Law has kept the dugout calm, almost all coaches probably have this mantra. Everyone says good when the results come. But his vision of how to keep calm in the dugout is different. Sometimes results come and sometimes they don't, but he inspires to maintain his actions.' 

Rohit says that Stewart has not changed the style of any player in the current team. "They call the game according to how we play cricket. He says that he will help me in that. His general plan is the same, he has not made anything complicated," said captain Rohit, "my batting has not changed in a week. Because I have been playing like this for the last 7-8 years. He also says the same, the way he is playing, the way he is playing.' 

Middle-order batsman Arif scored 78 runs in the victory over the Netherlands. He says that he is playing according to the role given by the coach. He supports our style of play. He has no intention of changing our game," Arif said. "This is helping us a lot. The coach is encouraging us, so the morale of our team is also high.'