The 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season was the 116th season of the

Sheffield Shield The Sheffield Shield (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Marsh Sheffield Shield) is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia. Sheffield Sh ...

, the domestic

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...

competition in Australia. It started on 26 October 2017 and finished on 27 March 2018. The opening round of matches were played as day/night fixtures and the first three rounds of matches took place before the Ashes series. Victoria were the defending champions. In round two of the competition, Mitchell Starc became the first bowler to take a

hat-trick A hat-trick or hat trick is the achievement of a generally positive feat three times in a match, or another achievement based on the number three. Origin The term first appeared in 1858 in cricket, to describe H. H. Stephenson taking three wi ...

in each innings of a

match in Australia. He became the second Australian, and the eighth bowler overall, to do so in a first-class match. In the final round of fixtures,

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beat the defending champions, Victoria, by 156 runs to advance to their first Sheffield Shield final since the 2012–13 season. They faced

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at Allan Border Field in

Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

. In the final, Queensland beat Tasmania by nine wickets to win their eighth title and their first since 2012. This was also the final season for

Doug Bollinger Douglas Erwin Bollinger (born 24 July 1981) is a former Australian cricketer. He has played first-class cricket for the New South Wales cricket team and international cricket for Australia. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm fast bowle ...

, Ed Cowan,

Ben Cutting Benjamin Colin James Cutting (born 30 January 1987) is an Australian cricketer who plays as an all-rounder. Cutting represented Australia in one-day internationals and T20 matches, and at the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. Cutting pl ...

and Michael Klinger.

Points table

Round-Robin stage

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

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Round 6

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Round 7

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Round 8

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Round 9

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Round 10

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Final

Squads

New South Wales

New South Wales named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Queensland

Queensland named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold.

South Australia

South Australia named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Tasmania

Tasmania named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Victoria

Victoria named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Western Australia

Western Australia named the following squad for 2017-18. Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Debutants

The following players made their first-class debuts throughout the competition.

Broadcasting

All Sheffield Shield matches were exclusively streamed live and free on

Cricket Australia Cricket Australia (CA), formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the 'Australian Board of Control for International Crick ...

's official website, with the final broadcast live on ABC Grandstand radio.

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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Sheffield Shield seasons