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1997–98 Sheffield Shield season

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1997–98 Sheffield Shield season
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin & Final
Champions	Western Australia (14th title)
Participants	6
Matches	31
Player of the series	Dene Hills (Tas) ^[1]
Most runs	Dene Hills (1,132)
Most wickets	Colin Miller (67)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 Sheffield Shield season was the 96th season of the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Western Australia won the championship.^[2]^[3]

Table[edit]

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Points
Western Australia	10	6	3	1	40
Tasmania	10	6	3	1	40
Queensland	10	3	4	3	22
New South Wales	10	3	3	4	20
Victoria	10	2	4	4	18
South Australia	10	1	4	5	14

Final[edit]

20–23 March 1998
Scorecard

Tasmania	v	Western Australia (H)
285 (88.2 overs) Jamie Cox 115* (267) Brendon Julian 4/89 (28 overs)		571 (155.3 overs) Tom Moody 125 (278) Brendon Julian 124 (105) Ben Targett 4/143 (39 overs)
348 (99.4 overs) Michael Di Venuto 189 (273) Mark Atkinson 5/92 (25 overs)		3/63 (15.1 overs) Michael Hussey39* (53) Mark Ridgway 2/45 (8 overs)

Western Australia won by 7 wickets
Venue: WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Darrell Hair and Daryl Harper
Player of the match: Brendon Julian (Western Australia)

Tasmania won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics[edit]

Most runs[edit]

Player ^[4]	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Ave	HS	100	50
Dene Hills	Tasmania	11	21	1	1132	56.60	265	4	2
Laurie Harper	Victoria	10	19	2	965	56.76	207*	4	1
Justin Langer	Western Australia	10	17	1	892	55.75	235	3	2
Dean Jones	Victoria	10	19	3	853	53.31	151*	3	5
Michael Di Venuto	Tasmania	10	18	1	845	49.70	189	1	6

Most wickets[edit]

Player^[5]	Team	Mat	Inns	Overs	Wkts	Ave	Econ	BBI	BBM	5	10
Colin Miller	Tasmania	11	22	598.2	67	24.50	2.74	7/49	12/119	5	2
Brendon Julian	Western Australia	9	17	324.3	39	25.33	3.04	7/39	8/122	2	0
David Freedman	New South Wales	7	14	399.0	38	24.07	2.69	7/106	11/171	3	2
Jo Angel	Western Australia	9	17	304.1	36	22.22	2.63	4/45	6/103	0	0
Stuart MacGill	New South Wales	6	11	302.2	35	28.14	3.25	6/64	8/181	4	0

References[edit]

^ "Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup - Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup - Player of the Year". Archived from the original on 27 April 2005. Retrieved 27 May 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, 1997/98 batting most runs career Records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

^ "Sheffield Shield, 1997/98 bowling most wickets career Record". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

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