1996–97 Sheffield Shield season

The 1996–97 Sheffield Shield season was the 95th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Queensland won the championship.[2][3]

1996–97 Sheffield Shield season
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin & Final
ChampionsQueensland (2nd title)
Participants6
Matches31
Player of the seriesAndy Bichel (Qld)[1]
Most runsJamie Cox (1,149)
Most wicketsMichael Kasprowicz (48)

Table

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Team Played Won Lost Tied Drawn N/R Points
Western Australia 10 6 1 0 3 0 42
Queensland 10 4 1 0 5 0 28
New South Wales 10 4 4 0 2 0 28
Tasmania 10 3 4 0 3 0 28
Victoria 10 3 5 0 2 0 19.7+
South Australia 10 2 7 0 1 0 14

+0.3 Pts deducted for slow over rate

Final

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March 21–25, 1997
Scorecard
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320 (111 overs)
Matthew Mott 86 (240)
Tom Moody 4/75 (27 overs)
165 (68.1 overs)
Murray Goodwin 63 (169)
Adam Dale 6/38 (22 overs)
309 (103.4 overs)
Trevor Barsby 111 (215)
Tom Moody 4/76 (23.4 overs)
304 (122.3 overs)
Tom Moody 152 (334)
Michael Kasprowicz 5/83 (41.3 overs)
Queensland won by 160 runs
Venue: WACA, Perth
Umpires: Darrel Hair, Peter Parker, Terry Prue (TV)
  • Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

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Most runs

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Player [4] Team Mat Inns NO Runs Ave HS 100 50
Jamie Cox   Tasmania 10 20 1 1149 60.47 143 4 7
Darren Lehmann   South Australia 9 17 0 934 54.94 255 2 3
Michael Hussey   Western Australia 11 20 2 887 49.27 147 2 5
Ricky Ponting   Tasmania 7 13 2 815 74.09 159 3 3
Michael Di Venuto   Tasmania 10 19 0 778 40.94 130 2 5

Most wickets

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Player[5] Team Mat Inns Overs Wkts Ave Econ BBI BBM 5 10
Michael Kasprowicz   Queensland 9 18 418.4 48 22.91 2.62 5/64 9/119 3 0
Adam Dale   Queensland 10 19 454.5 42 22.07 2.03 6/38 9/84 2 0
Tom Moody   Western Australia 9 17 357.4 38 24.36 2.58 7/41 9/95 1 0
Brendan Julian   Western Australia 8 15 300.0 35 24.28 2.83 7/48 10/86 2 1
Brad McNamara   New South Wales 8 15 235.2 33 22.45 3.14 5/19 8/61 3 0

References

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  1. ^ "Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup - Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup - Player of the Year". Archived from the original on 27 April 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. ^ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 1344-1345. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
  3. ^ "Sheffield Shield Table". ESPN Australia.
  4. ^ "Sheffield Shield, 1996/97 batting most runs career Records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Sheffield Shield, 1996/97 bowling most wickets career Record". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 June 2024.