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Sheffield Shield
CountriesSheffield Shield Australia
AdministratorCricket Australia
FormatFirst-class
First edition1892–93
Latest edition2023–24
Tournament formatDouble round-robin, then final
Number of teams6
Current championSheffield Shield Western Australia (18th title)
Most successfulSheffield Shield New South Wales (47 titles)
Most runsDarren Lehmann (South Australia and Victoria)
12,971 runs
Most wicketsClarrie Grimmett (Victoria and South Australia)
513 wickets
TVCricket Network
Kayo Sports
Fox Cricket (selected matches)
WebsiteCricket Australia
Sheffield Shield 2023–24 Sheffield Shield season

The Sheffield Shield (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Marsh Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams representing the six states of Australia. The Sheffield Shield is named after Lord Sheffield.

Prior to the Shield being established, a number of intercolonial matches were played. The Shield, donated by Lord Sheffield, was first contested during the 1892–93 season, between New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. Queensland was admitted for the 1926–27 season, Western Australia for the 1947–48 season, and Tasmania for the 1977–78 season.

The competition is contested in a double-round-robin format, with each team playing every other team twice, i.e. home and away. Points are awarded based on wins, draws, ties and bonus points for runs and wickets in a team's first 100 batting and bowling overs, with the top two teams playing a final at the end of the season. Regular matches last for four days; the final lasts for five days.

The Sheffield Shield is supported by a Second XI reserves competition.

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Cameron Green

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Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) ahead of the 2016/17 Sheffield Shield season, largely thanks to averaging 82 runs per innings and taking...

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Travis Head

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Head made his first-class cricket debut for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield at the age of 18 in early 2012. He made a promising start to his career...

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Queensland cricket team

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representative cricket side in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments: Sheffield Shield: four-day matches with first-class status, since the 1926/27 season...

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Phillip Hughes

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Hughes was hit in the neck by a bouncer from Sean Abbott, during a Sheffield Shield match at the Sydney Cricket Ground, causing a vertebral artery dissection...

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Daniel Worrall

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cricketer who plays for Surrey. He played for South Australia in the Sheffield Shield competition and for the Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League. He...

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Western Australia cricket team

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mainly plays matches against other Australian states in the first-class Sheffield Shield competition and the limited-overs JLT One-Day Cup, but occasionally...

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Ricky Ponting

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lay-off, he never played competitive football again. During Tasmanian Sheffield Shield matches at the NTCA Ground (Northern Tasmanian Cricket Association...

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Victoria cricket team

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first played in 1851, represents the state of Victoria in the Marsh Sheffield Shield first-class competition and the Marsh One Day Cup 50-over competition...

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South Australia cricket team

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state cricket team for South Australia representing the state in the Sheffield Shield competition and the limited overs Marsh One-Day Cup. The team is selected...

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Ashton Agar

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in a Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales in January 2013, replacing the injured Michael Beer as the side's spinner. In his second Shield match...

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Garfield Sobers

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Wes Hall and Rohan Kanhai returned to Australia to take part in the Sheffield Shield. Sobers played for South Australia and had an enormous impact on attendances...

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Tasmania cricket team

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domestic senior men's cricket season, which consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield and the limited overs Matador BBQs One-Day Cup. Tasmania played in...

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Sean Abbott

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2011–12 and 2012–13 seasons and the Sydney Sixers in 2013–14. During a Sheffield Shield match on 25 November 2014, Abbott bowled a bouncer that hit Phillip...

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Scott Boland

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Victoria and the Melbourne Stars. In March 2019, he was named the Sheffield Shield Player of the Year by Cricket Australia. Boland is one of a handful...

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New South Wales cricket team

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competes in the Australian first class cricket competition known as the Sheffield Shield and the limited overs Marsh One-Day Cup. The team previously played...

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Mitchell Starc

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New South Wales finished on the bottom of the ladder for the 2008–09 Sheffield Shield season as a result. Western Australia approached Starc to recruit him...

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Glenn Maxwell

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the Victorian side for the first match of the Sheffield Shield season. Maxwell was picked in the next Shield game and scored 81. Maxwell has played in Twenty20...

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Nitin Menon

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umpire and has stood in matches in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy and the Sheffield Shield in Australia. In June 2020, he was promoted to the Elite Panel of ICC...

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Matthew Wade

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retirement from red ball cricket after the final match of 2023–24 Sheffield Shield season. Wade was born in Hobart on 26 December 1987. He is the son...

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Stuart Law

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Internationals (ODIs) for Australia. Law also captained Queensland to five Sheffield Shield titles and two one day trophies, making him the most successful captain...

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James Hopes

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place on the 2010/11 Sheffield Shield table with victory by an innings and three runs over Victoria. Hopes was named the Sheffield Shield Player of the Series...

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