2024–25 Sheffield Shield season
Cricket tournament
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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 and breaking a 29-year drought.[2]
Dates8 October 2024 – 29 March 2025
AdministratorCricket Australia
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and final
| Dates | 8 October 2024 – 29 March 2025 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | 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 (Tasmania) (906) |
| Most wickets | Nathan McAndrew (South Australia) (40) |
| Official website | 2024–25 Sheffield Shield |
Points table
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Australia |
10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16.61 | 0 | 55.61 |
| 2 |  Queensland |
10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17.76 | 0 | 39.76 |
| 3 |  Victoria |
10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14.49 | 0 | 39.49 |
| 4 |  New South Wales |
10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15.39 | 0 | 36.39 |
| 5 |  Tasmania |
10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15.92 | 0 | 35.92 |
| 6 |  Western Australia |
10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14.43 | 0 | 35.43 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo, Cricket.com.au | |||||||||
Round–robin
| Visitor team → | NSW | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team ↓ | ||||||
| New South Wales | Match drawn | Match drawn | Tasmania 55 runs | NSW 76 runs | NSW Inns & 68 runs | |
| Queensland | Queensland 188 runs | SA 129 runs | Match drawn | Victoria 90 runs | WA Inns & 12 runs | |
| South Australia | NSW Inns & 1 run | Match drawn | SA 87 runs | SA 138 runs | Match drawn | |
| Tasmania | Tasmania 326 runs | Queensland 9 wickets | SA 2 runs | Tasmania 20 runs | WA Inns & 45 runs | |
| Victoria | Victoria 141 runs | Queensland 23 runs | SA 4 wickets | Match drawn | Victoria 8 wickets | |
| Western Australia | Match drawn | Match drawn | SA 6 wickets | WA 6 wickets | Victoria 34 runs |
| Home team won | Visitor team won |
- Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
- Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.
Round 1
8–11 October 2024 Scorecard |
(home team) 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 Scorecard |
(home team) 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 Scorecard |
(home team) Western Australia |
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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
20–23 October 2024 Scorecard |
(home team) 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 Scorecard |
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Queensland (home team) | |
- 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 Scorecard |
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Western Australia (home team) | |
- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Western Australia 8.32, Tasmania 1.77
Round 3
1–4 November 2024 Scorecard |
(home team) 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 Scorecard |
(home team) 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 Scorecard |
(home team) 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
14–16 November 2024 Scorecard |
(home team) 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 Scorecard |
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Victoria (home team) | |
- 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 Scorecard |
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Queensland (home team) | |
- 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 (home team) | |
- 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 Scorecard |
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New South Wales (home team) | |
- New South Wales won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Tasmania 7.61, New South Wales 1.78
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Queensland (home team) | |
- 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
6–9 December 2024 Scorecard |
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New South Wales (home team) | |
- 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 Scorecard |
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Victoria (home team) | |
- Victoria won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Queensland 7, Victoria 1
Round 7
8–11 February 2025 Scorecard |
(home team) 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 Scorecard |
(home team) 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 Scorecard |
(home team) Western Australia |
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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
18–20 February 2025 Scorecard |
(home team) 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 Scorecard |
(home team) 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 Scorecard |
(home team) South Australia |
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- South Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: South Australia 7, Tasmania 1
Round 9
6–9 March 2025 Scorecard |
(home team) 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 Scorecard |
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Tasmania (home team) | |
- Tasmania won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Queensland 8.35, Tasmania 0.6
6–9 March 2025 Scorecard |
(home team) Western Australia |
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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
15–18 March 2025 Scorecard |
(home team) 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 Scorecard |
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Western Australia (home team) | |
- Western Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Oliver Peake (Victoria) made his first-class debut.
- Points: Victoria 7, Western Australia 1
(home team) Tasmania |
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- Tasmania won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Tasmania 8.31, New South Wales 1
Final
26–29 March 2025 Scorecard |
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South Australia (home team) | |
- South Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Brendan Doggett (South Australia) took his first ten-wicket haul in first-class cricket.[18]
Statistics
Most runs
| Player[19] | Team | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | Ave | HS | 100 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Weatherald | Tasmania |
10 | 18 | 0 | 906 | 50.33 | 187 | 3 | 3 |
| Hilton Cartwright | Western Australia |
10 | 18 | 3 | 861 | 57.40 | 171* | 2 | 3 |
| Jake Lehmann | South Australia |
10 | 19 | 3 | 750 | 44.11 | 130* | 4 | 2 |
| Kurtis Patterson | New South Wales |
8 | 14 | 1 | 743 | 57.15 | 167* | 1 | 5 |
| Alex Carey | South Australia |
5 | 10 | 1 | 741 | 82.33 | 123* | 4 | 2 |
Most wickets
| Player[20] | Team | Mat | Inns | Overs | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | BBM | 5 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan McAndrew | South Australia |
8 | 14 | 269.5 | 40 | 20.20 | 2.99 | 7/11 | 8/43 | 2 | 0 |
| Fergus O'Neill | Victoria |
9 | 17 | 316.1 | 38 | 21.07 | 2.53 | 5/51 | 9/73 | 2 | 0 |
| Corey Rocchiccioli | Western Australia |
9 | 17 | 335.5 | 38 | 27.71 | 3.13 | 7/52 | 9/79 | 2 | 0 |
| Jackson Bird | New South Wales |
7 | 14 | 229.3 | 34 | 17.20 | 2.54 | 7/46 | 11/111 | 2 | 1 |
| Brendan Doggett | South Australia |
7 | 13 | 243.3 | 33 | 24.15 | 3.27 | 6/31 | 11/140 | 4 | 1 |