2011–12 Sheffield Shield season
Administrator(s) | Cricket Australia |
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Cricket format | First-class |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin |
Champions | Queensland (7th title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 30, plus final |
Player of the series | Jackson Bird (Tasmania) |
Most runs | Ed Cowan (Tasmania) – 948 runs |
Most wickets | Jackson Bird (Tasmania) – 53 wickets |
The 2011–12 Sheffield Shield season is the 110th season of the Sheffield Shield, the Australian domestic first-class cricket competition. The season began on 11 October 2011, with Queensland playing Victoria, and concluded on 19 March 2012 with the top two teams playing off in the final.
Teams
[edit]- a New South Wales will also host one match at Bankstown Oval in Sydney and Manuka Oval in Canberra.
Table
[edit]The top two teams after the conclusion of the regular season competed in the Sheffield Shield final. Due to finishing first on the points table, Queensland won the right to host the final at their home ground, The Gabba. For an explanation of how points are awarded, see Sheffield Shield points system.
Team | Pld | W | L | D | T | Pts | Quot |
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Queensland | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1.167 |
Tasmania | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1.198 |
Victoria | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1.164 |
Western Australia | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1.176 |
New South Wales | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0.773 |
South Australia | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.624 |
Updated to completion of season.[1]
Fixtures and results
[edit]Correct as of 21 March 2012. Source
October
[edit]25–28 October 2011
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South Australia (H)
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- Western Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
November
[edit]25–28 November 2011
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New South Wales (H)
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- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bowl.
25–28 November 2011
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(H) South Australia
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
December
[edit]January
[edit]No Sheffield Shield matches were played in January due to the 2011–12 Big Bash League season.
February
[edit]29 February – 3 March 2012
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(H) South Australia
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
March
[edit]The Final
[edit]Statistics
[edit]Most runs
[edit]Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Not Outs | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
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Ed Cowan | Tasmania | 10 | 19 | 3 | 948 | 59.25 | 145* | 3 | 4 |
Rob Quiney | Victoria | 10 | 19 | 0 | 938 | 49.36 | 119 | 3 | 5 |
Liam Davis | Western Australia | 8 | 15 | 1 | 921 | 65.78 | 303* | 3 | 3 |
Michael Klinger | South Australia | 10 | 19 | 1 | 835 | 46.38 | 219* | 1 | 4 |
Joe Burns | Queensland | 11 | 19 | 0 | 781 | 41.10 | 130 | 2 | 4 |
Last updated 20 March 2012[2]
Highest scores
[edit]Runs | Balls | Player | Team | Opponent | Ground | Date of match |
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303* | 524 | Liam Davis | West Australia | New South Wales | WACA Ground | 17 February 2012 |
219 | 422 | Michael Klinger | South Australia | Tasmania | Adelaide Oval | 29 February 2012 |
203* | 291 | Tom Cooper | South Australia | New South Wales | Sydney Cricket Ground | 6 November 2011 |
178 | 371 | Adam Voges | Western Australia | New South Wales | WACA Ground | 17 February 2012 |
166* | 379 | Wade Townsend | Queensland | South Australia | Adelaide Oval | 25 November 2011 |
Last updated 20 March 2012[3]
Most wickets
[edit]Player | Team | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5wi | 10wm |
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Jackson Bird | Tasmania | 8 | 307.4 | 53 | 16.00 | 6/62 | 5 | 2 |
Michael Hogan | Western Australia | 10 | 387.3 | 46 | 23.52 | 5/24 | 2 | 0 |
Jayde Herrick | Victoria | 10 | 366.5 | 45 | 30.97 | 5/79 | 1 | 0 |
James Faulkner | Tasmania | 10 | 313.3 | 39 | 25.17 | 4/22 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Cutting | Queensland | 8 | 204.4 | 36 | 18.75 | 5/43 | 2 | 0 |
Last updated 20 March 2012[4]
Best bowling
[edit]Figures | Overs | Player | Team | Opponent | Ground | Match date |
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7/24 | 10.0 | Alister McDermott | Queensland | Western Australia | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 6 Feb 2012 |
7/46 | 16.3 | Michael Beer | Western Australia | New South Wales | WACA Ground | 17 Feb 2012 |
7/60 | 21.4 | Ryan Harris | Queensland | Tasmania | Brisbane Cricket Ground | 25 Oct 2011 |
7/96 | 29.4 | Joe Mennie | South Australia | Western Australia | WACA Ground | 5 Dec 2011 |
6/40 | 18.2 | Clint McKay | Victoria | Tasmania | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 22 Nov 2011 |
Last updated 20 March 2012[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sheffield Shield 2011/12 Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ Most runs overall – Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ^ Most runs in an innings – Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ^ Most wickets – Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
- ^ Best bowling – Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2012.