1998–99 Sheffield Shield season

The 1998–99 Sheffield Shield season was the 97th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Western Australia won the championship.

1998–99 Sheffield Shield season

Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	Western Australia (15th title)
Participants	6
Matches	31
Player of the series	Matthew Elliott (Vic)
Most runs	Matthew Elliott (925)
Most wickets	David Saker (45)

Table

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	Drawn	N/R	Points
Queensland	10	5	1	0	4	0	34
Western Australia	10	4	2	0	4	0	28
Victoria	10	3	3	0	4	0	26
South Australia	10	2	3	0	5	0	18
Tasmania	10	1	3	0	6	0	10
New South Wales	10	1	4	0	5	0	10

Final

19–22 March 1999 Scorecard

(H) Queensland	v	Western Australia
265 (73.3 overs) Andrew Symonds 113 (116) Damien Martyn 4/30 (8.3 overs)		9/425d (132 overs) Simon Katich 115 (246) Damien Martyn 85 (183) Andrew Symonds 4/83 (24 overs)
129 (55.5 overs) Jimmy Maher 58 (154) Jo Angel 4/20 (16 overs)

Western Australia won by an innings and 31 runs Venue: The Gabba, Brisbane Umpires: Darrell Hair and Daryl Harper Player of the match: Damien Martyn (Western Australia)

• Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Ave	HS	100	50
Matthew Elliott	Victoria	7	13	2	925	84.09	161	5	4
Simon Katich	Western Australia	11	20	4	909	56.81	154*	4	3
Michael Hussey	Western Australia	11	20	0	877	43.85	187	1	7
Jamie Cox	Tasmania	10	17	1	863	53.93	184	4	3
Jimmy Maher	Queensland	11	19	2	838	49.29	208*	1	6

Most wickets

Player	Team	Mat	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	BBM	5	10
David Saker	Victoria	10	19	392.4	45	23.31	2.67	5/28	8/80	1	0
Andy Bichel	Queensland	8	14	293.5	39	22.38	2.97	6/54	8/65	3	0
Jo Angel	Western Australia	8	15	296.1	35	18.22	2.15	5/64	7/107	1	0
Paul Reiffel	Victoria	7	13	289.2	32	19.68	2.17	4/59	7/106	0	0
Brad Young	South Australia	8	16	449.2	28	44.17	2.75	5/52	6/89	1	0