The 2023–24 Sheffield Shield season was the 122nd of the Australian inter-state domestic first-class cricket competition. Cricket Australia revealed the season fixtures in June 2023.[1] The tournament opened in October 2023 with Western Australia the defending champions.[1][2] Finishing first the previous season, Western Australia hosted the final at the WACA Ground in Perth, defeating Tasmania by 377 runs on March 24, 2024, to complete a hat-trick of three consecutive titles.[3]
| Dates | 3 October 2023 – 25 March 2024 |
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| Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and final |
| Champions | Western Australia (18th title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 31 |
| Player of the series | Beau Webster (Tasmania) |
| Most runs | Beau Webster (938) |
| Most wickets | Chris Tremain (50) |
Points table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | BP | DP | Pts |
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| 1 |  Western Australia
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10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14.93 | 0 | 47.93 |
| 2 |  Tasmania
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10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14.36 | 0 | 47.36 |
| 3 |  New South Wales
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10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15.31 | 0 | 42.31 |
| 4 |  Victoria
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10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12.94 | 0 | 38.94 |
| 5 |  South Australia
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10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14.49 | 0 | 33.49 |
| 6 |  Queensland
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10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11.84 | 0 | 25.84 |
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Round-Robin stage
editRound 1
edit3–5 October 2023
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(H) South Australia
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mitchell Owen (Tasmania) made his First Class debut.
- Points: Tasmania 8.73, South Australia 1.87.
4–7 October 2023
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: New South Wales 3.79, Queensland 1.70.
4–7 October 2023
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Liam Haskett (Western Australia) made his First Class debut.
- Points: Western Australia 7.31, Victoria 0.76.
Round 2
edit14–17 October 2023
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Queensland 7.83, Victoria 0.93
15–18 October 2023
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(H) South Australia
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
- Jack Nisbet (New South Wales) made his First Class debut.
- Points: South Australia 7.93, New South Wales 1.00
15–18 October 2023
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Tasmania 2.23, Western Australia 2.46
Round 3
edit26–29 October 2023
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(H) Victoria
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 81 overs were possible on day 1 due to a wet outfield.
- Points: Victoria 7.00, New South Wales 1.00
26–29 October 2023
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Tasmania (H) | |
- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Tasmania 6.50, Queensland 2.03
26–29 October 2023
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South Australia (H) | |
- Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Western Australia 7.41, South Australia 1.64
Round 4
edit5–8 November 2023
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Victoria (H) | |
- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
- Travis Dean was replaced by Campbell Kellaway during the match after sustaining a concussion.
- Points: Victoria 2.58, Tasmania 2.40
6–8 November 2023
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New South Wales (H) | |
- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
- Hamish McKenzie (Western Australia) made his first-class debut.
- Oliver Davies (New South Wales) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.
- Points: New South Wales 7.76, Western Australia 1.00
6–9 November 2023
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Queensland (H) | |
- Queensland won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 79.2 overs of play were possible on day 1 due to rain.
- Points: South Australia 7.45, Queensland 0.58
Round 5
edit15–17 November 2023
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Western Australia 7.04, South Australia 1.00
16–19 November 2023
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(H) Victoria
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to field.
- Doug Warren (Victoria) made his first class debut.
- Points: Victoria 7.07, Queensland 0.69
18–20 November 2023
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Tasmania (H) | |
- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
- Bradley Hope (Tasmania) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.
- Points: Tasmania 8.91, New South Wales 0.80
Round 6
edit28 November–1 December 2023
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South Australia (H) | |
- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 43 overs were possible on Day 1 due to rain.
- Jake Fraser-McGurk (South Australia) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.
- Fergus O'Neill (Victoria) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
- Points: South Australia 1.52, Victoria 7.78
28–30 November 2023
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(H) New South Wales
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
- Sam Konstas (New South Wales) made his first-class debut.
- Gabe Bell (Tasmania) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
- Points: New South Wales 7.24, Tasmania 1.00
28 November–1 December 2023
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(H) Queensland
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 28 overs were possible on Day 1 due to rain.
- Joel Curtis (Western Australia) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Queensland 2.29, Western Australia 3.00
Round 7
edit3–6 February 2024
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Victoria (H) | |
- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Victoria 7.88, South Australia 1.00
3–6 February 2024
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(H) Queensland
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Angus Lovell (Queensland) made his first-class debut.
- Gabe Bell (Tasmania) took his maiden ten-wicket match haul in first-class cricket.
- Points: Tasmania 7.19, Queensland 1.82
3–6 February 2024
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: New South Wales 7.51, Western Australia 1.56
Round 8
edit16–19 February 2024
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(H) New South Wales
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 72.4 overs on Day 3 and 26.1 overs on Day 4 were possible due to rain.
- Points: Victoria 2.94, New South Wales 1.72
16–19 February 2024
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(H) Tasmania
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Kieran Elliott (Tasmania) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Tasmania 2.00, Western Australia 2.71
16–19 February 2024
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(H) South Australia
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Kyle Brazell (South Australia) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Queensland 7.00, South Australia 1.00
Round 9
edit1–4 March 2024
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: South Australia 2.37, New South Wales 3.33
1–4 March 2024
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(H) Tasmania
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
- Beau Webster and Riley Meredith had a partnership of 153 runs in the second innings, a record 10th-wicket partnership for Tasmania.[4]
- Will Pucovski was replaced by Campbell Kellaway during the match after sustaining a concussion.
- Points: Tasmania 7.4, Victoria 1.00
1–4 March 2024
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to field.
- Jayden Goodwin (Western Australia) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.
- Points: Western Australia 8.00, Queensland 0.9
Round 10
edit11–14 March 2024
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Tasmania (H) | |
- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: South Australia 7.71, Tasmania 1.00
11–14 March 2024
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Victoria (H) | |
- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Western Australia 7.44, Victoria 1.00
11–14 March 2024
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(H) Queensland
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
- Callum Vidler (Queensland) made his first-class debut.
- Sam Konstas was replaced by Kurtis Patterson during the match after sustaining a concussion.
- Points: New South Wales 8.16, Queensland 1.00
Final
edit21–25 March 2024
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
- Cooper Connolly (Western Australia) made his first-class debut.
Statistics
editMost runs
edit| Player[5] | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Ave | HS | 100 | 50 |
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| Beau Webster | Tasmania
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11 | 19 | 3 | 938 | 58.62 | 167* | 3 | 6 |
| Cameron Bancroft | Western Australia
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10 | 17 | 1 | 778 | 48.62 | 122 | 3 | 4 |
| Sam Whiteman | Western Australia
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11 | 19 | 0 | 770 | 40.52 | 188 | 3 | 2 |
| Nathan McSweeney | South Australia
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10 | 20 | 1 | 762 | 40.10 | 117 | 3 | 3 |
| Charlie Wakim | Tasmania
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11 | 21 | 0 | 679 | 32.33 | 148 | 2 | 2 |
Most wickets
edit| Player[6] | Team | Mat | Inns | Overs | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | BBM | 5 | 10 |
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| Chris Tremain | New South Wales
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10 | 18 | 318.4 | 50 | 15.90 | 2.49 | 6/20 | 9/63 | 3 | 0 |
| Nathan McAndrew | South Australia
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9 | 17 | 317.0 | 48 | 18.58 | 2.81 | 6/41 | 10/61 | 4 | 1 |
| Corey Rocchiccioli | Western Australia
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11 | 21 | 437.0 | 46 | 27.60 | 2.90 | 4/48 | 8/163 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabe Bell | Tasmania
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9 | 16 | 299.2 | 42 | 19.90 | 2.79 | 6/39 | 10/79 | 2 | 1 |
| Fergus O'Neill | Victoria
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9 | 17 | 292.0 | 40 | 17.25 | 2.36 | 5/28 | 10/111 | 3 | 1 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "2023-24 Australian domestic summer confirmed". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Western Australia's trophy surge continues with back-to-back Sheffield Shield titles". espncricinfo. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Triple-double! WA make history with third straight Shield crown". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "Webster flays spectacular hundred in record last-wicket stand". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Sheffield Shield, 2023/24 batting most runs career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "Sheffield Shield, 2023/24 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2024.