The 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season was the 115th season of the Sheffield Shield, the Australian domestic first-class cricket competition. It started on 25 October 2016 and finished on 30 March 2017.[1] There was a break between December and January for the Big Bash League.[1] The first round of matches were played as day/night games in preparation for Australia's day/night Test match against Pakistan on 15 December 2016.[2] A second day/night round of fixtures took place in round five of the tournament.[3][4]
 Logo of the 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season | |
| Dates | 25 October 2016 – 29 March 2017 |
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| Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and final |
| Champions |  Victoria (31st title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 31 |
| Player of the series |  Chadd Sayers |
| Most runs |  Ed Cowan (959) |
| Most wickets | Chadd Sayers (62) |
Victoria qualified for the final after their 8 wicket win against Western Australia in round 9 of the competition.[5] Victoria secured a home tie in the final, with an innings victory against Queensland in round 10.[6] However, the Melbourne Cricket Ground was unavailable for the fixture, so it took place at Traeger Park in Alice Springs.[6] They faced South Australia in the final, for the second consecutive year.[7] Victoria won the competition with a first-innings lead in the final, after the match finished as a draw.[8] It was their 31st tournament win and their third consecutive title.[8]
Points table
edit| Team[9] | Pld | W | L | D | NR | BP | Pts |
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 Victoria
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10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17.31 | 60.31 |
 South Australia
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10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17.24 | 47.24 |
 Western Australia
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10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15.48 | 45.48 |
 New South Wales
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10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 17.60 | 44.60 |
 Queensland
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10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16.53 | 41.53 |
 Tasmania
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10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 10.64 | 19.64 |
Round-Robin stage
edit| Visitor team → | NSW | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA |
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| New South Wales | Match drawn | NSW 8 wickets | Match drawn | Victoria 198 runs | NSW 3 wickets | |
| Queensland | NSW 225 runs | Queensland 128 runs | Queensland 133 runs | Victoria Inns & 11 runs | Queensland 97 runs | |
| South Australia | SA 2 wickets | SA 6 wickets | SA Inns & 94 runs | Victoria 124 runs | WA 7 runs | |
| Tasmania | Match drawn | Queensland Inns & 172 runs | SA 193 runs | Match drawn | WA 9 wickets | |
| Victoria | NSW Inns & 77 runs | Victoria Inns & 81 runs | Victoria 5 wickets | Victoria 113 runs | Victoria 8 wickets | |
| Western Australia | WA 6 runs | WA 8 wickets | SA 10 wickets | Tasmania 9 wickets | WA Inns & 38 runs |
| Home team won | Visitor team won |
- Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
- Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.
Round 1
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bonus Points: Queensland 2.00, New South Wales 1.87
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Bonus Points: Western Australia 1.51, South Australia 3.61
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
- Bonus Points: Victoria 2.73, Tasmania 0.95
Round 2
edit4–7 November
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bonus points: Victoria 2.61, Queensland 0.70
4–7 November
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ryan Gibson (New South Wales) made his first-class debut.
- Bonus Points: New South Wales 1.98, Western Australia 1.16
4–7 November
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to bat.
- Cameron Stevenson (Tasmania) made his first-class debut.
- Bonus Points: South Australia 2.98, Tasmania 0.80
Round 3
edit17–20 November
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bonus Points: New South Wales 0.55, Victoria 1.94
17–20 November
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(H) Queensland
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Bonus Points: Queensland 2.43, South Australia 1.08
17–20 November
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
- D'Arcy Short (Western Australia) made his first-class debut.
- Bonus Points: Western Australia 1.22, Tasmania 1.90
Round 4
edit26–29 November
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Victoria (H) | |
- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
- Bonus Points: Victoria 2.11, South Australia 2.60
26–29 November
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Tasmania (H) | |
- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
- Bonus Points: Tasmania 0.37, New South Wales 1.86
26–29 November
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(H) Queensland
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sam Truloff (Queensland) made his first-class debut.
- Bonus Points: Queensland 1.96, Western Australia 1.45
Round 5
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jake Hancock (Tasmania) made his first-class debut.
- Bonus Points: Tasmania 1.03, Victoria 1.30
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South Australia (H) | |
- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Charlie Stobo (New South Wales) and David Grant (South Australia) both made their first-class debuts.
- Bonus Points: South Australia 1.36, New South Wales 1.69
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bonus Points: Western Australia 1.35, Queensland 2.39
Round 6
edit1–4 February
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(H) Victoria
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
- Will Pucovski (Victoria) made his first-class debut.
- Bonus Points: Victoria 0.98, New South Wales 2.08
1–4 February
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South Australia (H) | |
- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Bonus Points: South Australia 1.47, Western Australia 1.01
1–4 February
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(H) Queensland
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Andrew Perrin (Tasmania) made his first-class debut.
- Chris Hartley (Queensland) equaled Darren Berry's record of 546 dismissals by a wicket-keeper in the Sheffield Shield.[10]
- Bonus Points: Queensland 1.71, Tasmania 0.60
Round 7
edit10–13 February
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(H) New South Wales
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mark Steketee (Queensland) was dismissed under a new law that allows catches to be taken after they hit a close-in fielder's helmet. Steketee was caught off the bat pad's helmet. Such a catch would be deemed not out in a Test match.[11]
- Bonus Points: New South Wales 2.09, Queensland 1.12
10–13 February
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(H) Tasmania
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Cameron Green (Western Australia) made his first-class debut.
- Bonus Points: Tasmania 0.50, Western Australia 2.41
10–13 February
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Sam Harper (Victoria) was hospitalized after being struck on the head by Jake Lehmann's bat. Victoria asked to be allowed to replace Harper with a concussion sub but their request was denied in fear of the game forfeiting its first-class status. Concussion substitutes are, however, allowed in all domestic one-day and Twenty20 games.[12]
- Bonus Points: Victoria 1.00, South Australia 1.00
Round 8
edit25–28 February
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 4 due to rain and a wet outfield.
- New South Wales 1.03, Tasmania 1.67
25–28 February
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bonus Points: South Australia 1.00, Queensland 1.18
25–28 February
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
- Seb Gotch (Victoria) made his first-class debut.
- Jason Behrendorff (Western Australia) took figures of 9 for 37 in the first innings, the fifth-best figures in Sheffield Shield history.[13]
- Bonus Points: Western Australia 1.85, Victoria 1.00
Round 9
edit7–10 March
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Just 51 overs of play were possible on day 1 due to rain.
- Bonus Points: New South Wales 2.86, South Australia 0.89
7–10 March
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(H) Tasmania
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to field.
- Bonus Points: Tasmania 0.50, Queensland 1.96
8–11 March
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Victoria (H) | |
- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
- Bonus Points: Victoria 1.84, Western Australia 0.70
Round 10
edit16–19 March
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
- Johnathan Dalton (South Australia) and Gabe Bell (Tasmania) both made their first-class debuts.
- Ben McDermott (Tasmania) scored his maiden first-class century.[14]
- Bonus Points: Tasmania 2.32, South Australia 1.25
16–19 March
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(H) Queensland
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain reduced play to just 73 overs on day 1, and just 56 overs on day 2.
- Bonus Points: Queensland 1.08, Victoria 1.80
16–19 March
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
- Bonus Points: Western Australia 2.82, New South Wales 1.59
Final
edit26–30 March
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
- Alex Carey (South Australia) took his 59th dismissal of the tournament, a record for wicket-keeper in a single Sheffield Shield season.[15]
Statistics
editMost runs
edit| Player[16] | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Ave | HS | 100 | 50 |
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| Ed Cowan | New South Wales |
9 | 16 | 3 | 959 | 73.76 | 212 | 3 | 5 |
| Hilton Cartwright | Western Australia |
10 | 18 | 2 | 861 | 53.81 | 170* | 2 | 5 |
| George Bailey | Tasmania |
9 | 17 | 3 | 839 | 59.92 | 200* | 2 | 4 |
| Marcus Harris | Victoria |
11 | 20 | 1 | 808 | 42.52 | 120 | 2 | 4 |
| Moises Henriques | New South Wales |
9 | 13 | 1 | 775 | 64.58 | 265 | 2 | 4 |
Most wickets
edit| Player[17] | Team | Mat | Inns | Overs | Wkts | Ave | BBI | SR |
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| Chadd Sayers | South Australia |
11 | 21 | 446.2 | 62 | 19.00 | 7/84 | 43.10 |
| Jon Holland | Victoria |
11 | 19 | 361 | 50 | 20.78 | 7/82 | 43.30 |
| Chris Tremain | Victoria |
10 | 19 | 296.1 | 42 | 18.97 | 4/22 | 42.30 |
| Jason Behrendorff | Western Australia |
7 | 13 | 212.4 | 37 | 17.59 | 9/37 | 34.40 |
| William Somerville | New South Wales |
7 | 13 | 324 | 35 | 23.14 | 8/136 | 55.50 |
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- ^ "Cricket Australia announce 2016–17 domestic fixtures". Cric Buzz. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Australia's Test cricket players to get a shot at pink-ball in Sheffield Shield day-nighters". Sydney Morning Herald. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ "Victoria seal place in Shield final". ESPN Cricinfo. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Victoria to host final after skittling Queensland for 61". ESPN Cricinfo. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
- ^ "NSW fall agonisingly short of place in Shield final". ESPN Cricinfo. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Victoria secure historic three-peat". Cricket Australia. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Sheffield Shield 2016–17". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
- ^ "Hartley scores 102*, equals Shield wicketkeeping record". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
- ^ "Steketee falls to rare dismissal at the SCG". cricket.com.au. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Concussion sub could have cost Victoria". cricket.com.au. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Behrendorff's 9 for 37 stuns Victoria". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ^ "Mennie takes five; McDermott scores maiden ton". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Alex Carey breaks wicketkeeping record". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "Cricket Records – Records – Sheffield Shield, 2016/17 – Most runs – ESPN Cricinfo". Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Cricket Records – Records – Sheffield Shield, 2016/17 – Most wickets – ESPN Cricinfo". Retrieved 20 March 2017.