Countries | Australia |
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Administrator | Cricket Australia |
Format | First-class |
First Edition | 1892–93 |
Latest Edition | 2022–23 |
Next Edition | 2023–24 |
Tournament format | Double round-robin, then final |
Number of teams | 6 |
Current champion | Western Australia (17th title) |
Most successful | New South Wales (47 titles) |
Most runs | Darren Lehmann (South Australia and Victoria) 12,971 runs |
Most wickets | Clarrie Grimmett (Victoria and South Australia) 513 wickets |
TV | Cricket Network Kayo Sports Fox Cricket (selected matches) |
Website | Cricket Australia |
2023–24 Sheffield Shield season |
The Sheffield Shield (also known as the Marsh Sheffield Shield for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is played by six teams, each representing one of the six states.
The Sheffield Shield is named after Henry Holroyd, 3rd Earl of Sheffield, better known as Lord Sheffield.
Since 1977–78, all six states of Australia have fielded their own team. There is no team for any of the territories. Details of each team are set out below.
Team name |
Team nickname | Home ground/s[a] | First season | Last title | Shield titles | Team captain/s | |
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New South Wales |
Blues[b] |
Drummoyne Oval |
1892–93 | 2019–20 | 47 | Kurtis Patterson | |
Queensland |
Bulls[c] |
Allan Border Field |
1926–27 | 2020–21 | 9 | Usman Khawaja | |
South Australia |
Redbacks |
Adelaide Oval |
1892–93 | 1995–96 | 13 | Travis Head | |
Tasmania |
Tigers |
Bellerive Oval |
1977–78 | 2012–13 | 3 | Matthew Wade | |
Victoria |
Bushrangers[d] |
Junction Oval |
1892–93 | 2018–19 | 32 | Peter Handscomb | |
Western Australia |
Warriors[e] |
Perth Stadium |
1947–48 | 2022–23 | 17 | Mitchell Marsh |