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1997–98 Sheffield Shield season
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin & Final
ChampionsWestern Australia (14th title)
Participants6
Matches31
Player of the seriesDene Hills (Tas) [1]
Most runsDene Hills (1,132)
Most wicketsColin Miller (67)

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

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Team Played Won Lost Tied Drawn N/R Points
Western Australia 10 6 3 0 1 0 40
Tasmania 10 6 3 0 1 0 40
Queensland 10 3 4 0 3 0 22
New South Wales 10 3 3 0 4 0 20
Victoria 10 2 4 0 4 0 18
South Australia 10 1 4 0 5 0 14

Final

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20–23 March 1998
Scorecard
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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 Hussey 39* (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

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Most runs

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup - Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup - Player of the Year". Archived from the original on 27 April 2005. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ Engel, Matthew (2004). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2004, pages 1344-1345. John Wisden & Company Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-83-9.
  3. ^ "Sheffield Shield Table". ESPN Australia.
  4. ^ "Sheffield Shield, 1997/98 batting most runs career Records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Sheffield Shield, 1997/98 bowling most wickets career Record". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
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