2024–25 Sheffield Shield season
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| Dates | 8 October 2024 – 29 March 2025 |
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| Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
| Cricket format | First-class |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and final |
| Champions |  South Australia (14th title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 31 |
| Player of the series | Fergus O'Neill (Victoria) |
| Most runs | Jake Weatherald (906) |
| Most wickets | Nathan McAndrew (40) |
| Official website | 2024–25 Sheffield Shield |
The 2024–25 Sheffield Shield season was the 123rd season of the Australian inter-state domestic first-class cricket competition. Cricket Australia revealed the season fixtures in July of 2024.[1] The season started on 8 October 2024 and the final was played on 26 March 2025. South Australia won the title, beating Queensland by 4 wickets in front of a large crowd at Karen Rolton Oval, breaking a 29 year drought.[2]
Points table
[edit]See the Sheffield Shield points system. South Australia clinched top spot after Round 9, and hosted the final.[3]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | A | BP | DP | Pts |
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| 1 | South Australia
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10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16.61 | 0 | 55.61 |
| 2 |  Queensland
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10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17.76 | 0 | 39.76 |
| 3 |  Victoria
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10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14.49 | 0 | 39.49 |
| 4 |  New South Wales
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10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15.39 | 0 | 36.39 |
| 5 |  Tasmania
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10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15.92 | 0 | 35.92 |
| 6 |  Western Australia
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10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14.43 | 0 | 35.43 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo, Cricket.com.au | |||||||||
Round–robin
[edit]Round 1
[edit]8–11 October 2024
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(H) New South Wales
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sam Konstas (New South Wales) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[4][5]
- Points: New South Wales 3.66, South Australia 2.60
8–11 October 2024
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(H) Victoria
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
- Tom Rogers (Victoria) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Victoria 3.00, Tasmania 2.66
8–11 October 2024
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to field.
- Tom Straker (Queensland) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Western Australia 3.45, Queensland 2.96
Round 2
[edit]20–23 October 2024
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(H) Victoria
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Victoria 7.72, New South Wales 1
20–23 October 2024
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to field.
- Tom Whitney (Queensland) made his first-class debut.
- Points: South Australia 8.14, Queensland 1.98
20–23 October 2024
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Western Australia 8.32, Tasmania 1.77
Round 3
[edit]1–4 November 2024
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(H) New South Wales
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only 27.1 overs were possible on Day 2 due to rain.
- Benji Floros (Queensland) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Queensland 2.50, New South Wales 1.69
1–4 November 2024
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(H) Tasmania
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Brody Couch became the first bowler to take hat-trick for Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield.[6]
- Points: Western Australia 7.48, Tasmania 1.57
1–4 November 2024
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(H) South Australia
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
- Henry Thornton (South Australia) made his first-class debut.
- Points: South Australia 7.90, Victoria 1.22
Round 4
[edit]14–16 November 2024
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(H) South Australia
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Lachlan Shaw (New South Wales) made his first-class debut.
- Points: New South Wales 7.98, South Australia 0.60
15–18 November 2024
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
- Joel Curtis (Western Australia) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[7]
- Corey Rocchiccioli (Western Australia) took a hat-trick. His first wicket was on the final ball of Victoria's first innings, with the final two coming from his first two balls of the second innings.[8]
- Points: Victoria 8.22, Western Australia 0.80
15–18 November 2024
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 76 overs were possible on Day 1 due to bad light, and only 9.1 overs were possible on Day 2 due to rain.
- Points: Tasmania 4.61, Queensland 2.91
Round 5
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Keaton Critchell (Western Australia) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Western Australia 3.15, South Australia 2.23
24–27 November 2024
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Tasmania 7.61, New South Wales 1.78
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to bat.
- Campbell Kellaway (Victoria) scored his first century in first-class cricket.[9]
- Points: Victoria 6.9, Queensland 1.96
Round 6
[edit]6–9 December 2024
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only 20 overs of play was possible on day 2 due to rain.
- Jack Edwards (New South Wales) took his first ten-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[10]
- Points: New South Wales 8.09, Western Australia 0.71
6–9 December 2024
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Victoria (H) | |
- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Queensland 7, Victoria 1
6–9 December 2024
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 43 overs of play was possible on day 2 due to rain.
- Points: South Australia 8.46, Tasmania 0.43
Round 7
[edit]8–11 February 2025
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(H) Tasmania
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- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
- Raf MacMillan, Aidan O'Connor (Tasmania) and Harry Dixon (Victoria) all made their first-class debuts.
- Kieran Elliott (Tasmania) took his first five-wicket haul and ten-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[11][12]
- Points: Tasmania 7.36, Victoria 1.58
8–11 February 2025
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(H) Queensland
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
- Hanno Jacobs and Ross Pawson (New South Wales) both made their first-class debuts.
- Points: Queensland 8.44, New South Wales 1.29
8–9 February 2025
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- 763 balls were bowled throughout the match, the lowest total in an outright result in Sheffield Shield history.[13]
- Points: South Australia 7, Western Australia 1
Round 8
[edit]18–20 February 2025
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(H) New South Wales
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: New South Wales 7.38, Victoria 1
18–20 February 2025
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(H) Queensland
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- Queensland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hugo Burdon (Queensland) made his first-class debut.
- Corey Rocchiccioli (Western Australia) took his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[14][15]
- Points: Western Australia 7.72, Queensland 0.7
18–21 February 2025
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(H) South Australia
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: South Australia 7, Tasmania 1
Round 9
[edit]6–9 March 2025
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(H) Victoria
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: South Australia 7.83, Victoria 1.85
6–9 March 2025
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Queensland 8.35, Tasmania 0.6
6–9 March 2025
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: New South Wales 2.52, Western Australia 1.8
Round 10
[edit]15–18 March 2025
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(H) South Australia
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Conor McInerney (South Australia) scored his first century in first-class cricket.[16][17]
- Points: South Australia 3.85, Queensland 2.96
15–18 March 2025
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Oliver Peake (Victoria) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Victoria 7, Western Australia 1
Final
[edit]26–30 March 2025
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Brendan Doggett (South Australia) took his first ten-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[18]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2024-25 Australian domestic summer confirmed". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Sangha and Carey tons hand South Australia first Shield title in 29 years". ESPNCricinfo. 29 March 2025.
- ^ 'We want to play there' - Adelaide Oval could host Sheffield Shield final between AFL games, Alex Malcolm, ESPNcricinfo, 9 March 2025
- ^ "Konstas strikes stunning maiden to in front of Aussie selector". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Teen prodigy Konstas posts maiden Shield century for NSW". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "Couch's historic hat-trick and Agar's guile dismantle Tasmania". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Persistence pays off for Perth run-machine Curtis". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "One-arm Agar and Rocchiccioli's rare hat-trick can't stop Victoria racing top". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Kellaway's maiden hundred and Short's stunner leaves Victoria favourites". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ^ "Edwards ten-wicket haul inspires NSW to thrilling win over WA". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Kieran Elliott denies Handscomb as Tasmania take 20-run thriller". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ "Elliott, Bell bowl Tassie to victory in Shield thriller". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ Lavalette, Tristan (10 February 2025). "763 balls, 66 all out, 7 for 11: McAndrew recounts wild WACA". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 13 February 2025.
- ^ "Rocchiccioli's career-best seven gives Western Australia control". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "Rocchiccioli bags career-best haul as Queensland stumble". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "SA's title hopes further boosted by McInerney's maiden ton". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "McInerney maiden ton dents Queensland's final hopes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "Two gutsy centuries rescue Queensland in Sheffield Shield final as Brendan Doggett claims 10-wicket haul". Nine. Retrieved 28 March 2025.