1996–97 Sheffield Shield season

Australian cricket tournament

Cricket tournament

1996–97 Sheffield Shield season
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	Queensland (2nd title)
Participants	6
Matches	31
Player of the series	Andy Bichel (Qld)^[1]
Most runs	Jamie Cox (1,149)
Most wickets	Michael Kasprowicz (48)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

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]

Table

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

+0.3 Pts deducted for slow over rate

Final

March 21–25, 1997
Scorecard

Queensland	v	Western Australia (H)
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

Most runs

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

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

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

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