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2016–17 Sheffield Shield season

2016–17 Sheffield Shield

Logo of the 2016–17 Sheffield Shield season
Dates	25 October 2016 (2016-10-25) – 29 March 2017 (2017-03-29)
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)
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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]

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 ParkinAlice 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
Victoria	10	7	2	1	0	17.31	60.31
South Australia	10	5	5	0	0	17.24	47.24
Western Australia	10	5	5	0	0	15.48	45.48
New South Wales	10	4	3	3	0	17.60	44.60
Queensland	10	4	5	1	0	16.53	41.53
Tasmania	10	1	6	3	0	10.64	19.64

Round-Robin stage[edit]

Round 1[edit]

• New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bonus Points: Queensland 2.00, New South Wales 1.87

• South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Bonus Points: Western Australia 1.51, South Australia 3.61

• Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
• Bonus Points: Victoria 2.73, Tasmania 0.95

Round 2[edit]

• Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bonus points: Victoria 2.61, Queensland 0.70

• 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

• 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[edit]

• Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bonus Points: New South Wales 0.55, Victoria 1.94

• South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Bonus Points: Queensland 2.43, South Australia 1.08

• 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[edit]

• Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
• Bonus Points: Victoria 2.11, South Australia 2.60

• Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
• Bonus Points: Tasmania 0.37, New South Wales 1.86

• 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[edit]

• Tasmania won the toss and elected to bat.
• Jake Hancock (Tasmania) made his first-class debut.
• Bonus Points: Tasmania 1.03, Victoria 1.30

• 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

• Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bonus Points: Western Australia 1.35, Queensland 2.39

Round 6[edit]

• 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

• South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Bonus Points: South Australia 1.47, Western Australia 1.01

• 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[edit]

• 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

• 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

• 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[edit]

• 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

• Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bonus Points: South Australia 1.00, Queensland 1.18

• 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[edit]

• 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

• Queensland won the toss and elected to field.
• Bonus Points: Tasmania 0.50, Queensland 1.96

• Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
• Bonus Points: Victoria 1.84, Western Australia 0.70

Round 10[edit]

• 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

• 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

• New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
• Bonus Points: Western Australia 2.82, New South Wales 1.59

Final[edit]

• 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[edit]

Most runs[edit]

Player[16]	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	Ave	HS	100	50
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
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

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• 2016–17 Sheffield Shield on ESPN Cricinfo